| Acronym | Meaning |
| CCG | Continental Collision Granitoids |
| SIR | Statutory Invention Registration |
| ERT | Estrogen Replacement Therapy |
| ALS | Autonomous Listening Station |
| CCE | Counterflow Centrifugal Elutriation |
| GVFF | Generalized Valence Force Field |
| CPCA | Consensus Principal Component Analysis |
| ELFSE | End-labeled Free-solution Electrophoresis |
| FP-LMTO | Full-potential Linear Combination Of Muffin-tin Orbitals |
| FEGE | Free Electron Gas Exchange Approximation |