| Acronym | Meaning |
| OHCE | One-and-a-half-centered Expansion (method For Calcns. On Charge Transfer In Ion-atom Scattering) |
| TEDS | Timed Exposure Diffusive Sampler (for Air Pollution) |
| IA/PA | Intermediate Alky./partial Alky. |
| FDMS | Field-desorption Mass Spectrometry |
| SIAM | Society For Industrial And Applied Mathematics |
| DWBA3(3DWBA) | Three-body Distorted-wave Born Approximation |
| MADIX | Macromolecular Design Via The Interchange Of Xanthates (polymn. Using Xanthates As Chain Transfer Agents) |
| NNDC | National Nuclear Data Center |
| HRV | Human Rhinovirus |
| AEE | Adverse Environmental Effect |