| Acronym | Meaning |
| CESAR | Canadian Expedition To Study The Alpha Ridge |
| DIOA | Diisooctyl Adipate |
| EUSIDIC | European Society For Information Dissemination In Chemistry |
| GIP | Glucose-dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide |
| MSA | Methanesulfonic Acid (air Pollutant) |
| LTA | Linde Type A |
| SCD | Self-consistent Dipole (approxn.) |
| LEPS | London-Eyring-Polanyi-Sato (potential-energy Surface) |
| TST-CEQ | Transition State Theory-collinear Exact Quantum (method For Reactive Collisions) |
| COS | Cosmic Origins Spectrograph |