| Acronym | Meaning |
| IAMAS | International Association Of Meteorological And Atmospheric Sciences |
| DIOZ | Diisooctyl Azelate |
| OVC | Optimized Valence Configuration |
| ICAME | International Commission On Application Of Moessbauer Effect |
| ALMA | Atacama Large Millimeter Array |
| HERL | Health Effects Research Laboratory |
| CFM | Chemical Force Microscopy |
| BOTDR | Brillouin Optical Time Domain Reflectometry |
| BPB | 4-bromophenacyl Bromide |
| ISCRF | Inhomogeneous Self-consistent Reaction Field Theory |