| Acronym | Meaning |
| FAMOUS | French-American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study |
| QSERR | Quantitative Structure-enantioselective Retention Relationships |
| CMS | Complete Model Space (in Many-body Calcns.) |
| NOM | Natural Organic Matter |
| SIC | Standard Industrial Classification |
| VSD | Virtually Safe Dose |
| GTO | Gaussian-type Orbital |
| OAO | Orthogonalized Atomic Orbital |
| MS-RC(XI) | Multiple Scattering Relativistic Correlated (calcn. Method) |
| OSTL | Optically Stimulated Thermoluminescence |