| Acronym | Meaning |
| TVA | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| CVM | Cluster Variation Method (in Calcns. On Semiconductors) |
| MEG4 | Multiexponentially Generated 4 (wave Functions) |
| MIDAS | Microimaging Dust Analysis System |
| CA | Chromosomal Abberation |
| EFISH | Elec. Field-induced 2nd-harmonic Generation |
| RFL | Resorcinol-formaldehyde Latex [dip Coating] |
| AFA | Average Fock Approxn. |
| EVE | Ethyl Vinyl Ether |
| NERAC | New England Research Applications Center |