| Acronym | Meaning |
| RTO | Rapid Thermal Oxidation |
| AMMRC | Army Materials And Mechanics Research Center |
| LCDA MO | Linear Combination Of Donor-acceptor Molecular Orbital Theory |
| NMFS | National Marine Fisheries Service (of NOAA) |
| ADAM | Average Depleted Antarctic Meltwater |
| XPEEM | X-ray Photoemission Electron Microscopy |
| ISAS | Japanese Institute Of Space And Astronomical Science |
| PAES | Positron-induced Auger Electron Spectroscopy |
| IOSRR | Infinite Order Sudden Rigid-rotor Approximation |
| XSAD | X-ray Small Angle Diffraction |