| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCM | Spherical Cellular Model |
| PETRA | Plasma Engineering And Technology Research Assembly |
| UVCS | UV Coronagraph Spectrometer |
| ASW | Acoustic Surface Wave Measurements |
| NEMO | Nonempirical Molecular Orbital |
| VCE | Vapor Compression Evaporator |
| ETFSI | Extended Thomas-Fermi Strutinski Integral |
| LCAO | Linear Combination Of Atomic Orbitals |
| AQG | Air Quality Guideline |
| CVL | Copper Vapor Laser |