| Acronym | Meaning |
| ACEL | A.c. Electroluminescent |
| BOA | Bidirectional Orbital Approximation (in Valence Bond Theory) |
| SORI-CID | Sustained Off-resonance Irradn. Collision-induced Dissocn. |
| PPMSVX | Pseudopotential Multiple-scattering Valence-exchange |
| GPD | Gallons Per Day |
| QSSPC | Quasi-steady-state Photoconductance |
| QTL | Quantitative Trait Loci |
| RVCM | Residual Vinyl Chloride Monomer |
| AOTS | Acoustic Optic Tunable Scanning |
| MLOPEX | Mauna Loa Observatory Photochemistry Experiment |