| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCBSA | Self-consistent Boundary-site Approxn. (for D.-of-states) |
| FO-ECP | Frozen Orbital-effective Core Potential |
| MSIP | Magnetron Sputtering Ion Plating |
| NBSR | Neutron Beam Split-core Reactor |
| EPKR | Electrochem. Polarization Kinetic Reactivation |
| ODPAS | Optically Detected Photoacoustic Spectroscopy |
| FANES | Furnace Atomization Non-thermal Emission Spectrometry |
| ASTER | Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission And Reflection Radiometer (EOS) |
| BSO | Brueckner Spin Orbitals |
| JSGA | Japanese Spaceguard Association |