| Acronym | Meaning |
| MWH | Mulliken-Wolfsberg-Helmholz (molecular Orbital Method) |
| LBF | Local Basis Function Method (for Solid State Band Structure) |
| MLVA | Multiple-locus Variable-number Tandem Repeat Analysispar |
| CSMA | Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Association |
| QCA | Quasichemical Approxn. (in Calcns. On Semiconductors) |
| DOC | Dissolved Organic Carbon |
| SCCP | Strong-coupling Correspondence Principle |
| PIMC | Path-integral Monte-Carlo |
| WURST | Wideband |
| CTAB | Cetyl Trimethyl Ammonium Bromide (cationic Surfactant) |