| Acronym | Meaning |
| VPEAD | Valence Photoelectron Angular Distribution |
| ISLSCP | International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project |
| CWTM | Compound Weaire-Thorpe Model (in Electronic-structure Calcns.) |
| MRF | Magnetorheological Fluid |
| WANO | World Association Of Nuclear Operators |
| NCFLG | Near-critical Fluids And Liquefied Gases |
| SBE | Sulfobutyl Ether |
| AAP | Asbestos Action Program |
| SECI | Single Excitation Configuration Interaction |
| SLAC | Stanford Linear Accelerator Center |