| Acronym | Meaning |
| TDC | Time-to-Digital Converter |
| LVBS | Linear Variational Basis Set (formalism In Calcns. On Scattering) |
| PEO | Poly(ethylene Oxide) |
| WEFT | Water Elimination By Fourier Transform |
| LINEAR | Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research |
| MCP2P | Multiconfigurational Particle-particle Propagator |
| DPCI | Derwent Patents Citation Index |
| DWIA | Distorted-wave Impulse Approximation |
| AHF | Approximate Hartree-Fock Method |
| MFI | Melt Flow Index [of Polymer] |