| Acronym | Meaning |
| DCC | Dextran-coated Charcoalpar |
| HCPA | Homomorphic Cluster Coherent Potential Approximation |
| LASA | Lidar Atmospheric Sounder And Altimeter |
| CLSA | Closed Loop Stripping Analysis |
| BBGKY | Bogoliubov-Born-Green-Kirkwood-Yvon Equations (in Kinetic Theory Of Fluids) |
| ASW | Acoustic Surface Wave Measurements |
| DBMS | Data Base Management System |
| PBDE | Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether |
| MC-DWBA | Multichannel Distorted Wave Born Approxn. |
| TPMB | Two-potential-modified Born (approxn. In Inelastic Collisions) |