| Acronym | Meaning |
| LMTO | Linear Muffin-tin Orbital |
| CNDO/F | Complete Neglect Of Differential Overlap/force |
| GFF | Glass Fiber Filter |
| LISA | Lander For Ion-selective Analysis |
| SCPW | Symmetrized Combination Of Plane Waves |
| CFSL | Cavitation-field Sonoluminescence |
| TVC | Thermal Vapor Compression |
| WOCE | World Ocean Circulation Experiment |
| CE/ESIMS | Capillary Electrophoresis/electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry |
| RT | Reverse Transcriptase |