| Acronym | Meaning |
| OP | Oceanic Plagiogranites |
| CFBC | Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion |
| MA | Maleic Anhydride |
| CIE | Computer-integrated Engineering |
| RASW | Relativistic Augmented Spherical Wave Method |
| GAM | Generalized Additive Model |
| QPLDA | Quasiparticle Local-density Approxn. |
| SOLAS | Surface Ocean-lower Atmosphere Study |
| GDLC | Gel-Glass Dispersed Liquid Crystals |
| CCDW | Coupled-channel Distorted-wave (quantum Method) |