| Acronym | Meaning |
| ADAS | Angular-dependent Auger Spectroscopy |
| ONDOR | Optical Nuclear Double Resonance |
| OAM | Optical Absorption Microscope |
| RSSC-CPA | Real-space-scattering Cluster Coherent Potential Approxn. |
| BIOSIS | BioSciences Information Service |
| TEV | Tobacco Etch Virus |
| IEM | Independent Electron Model (for Ionization In Ion-atom Collisions) |
| CPA | Coherent Potential Approximation |
| GCL | Geosynthetic Clay Liner |
| OMBD | Organic Molecular Beam Deposition |