| Acronym | Meaning |
| BLE | Bombardment-induced Light Emission |
| VZV | Varicella-zoster Virus |
| CPBA | Coulomb-projected Born Approximation |
| AMS | Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer |
| UMP | Uridine 5'-phosphate |
| ERDA | US Energy Research And Development Administration |
| DSW | Dirac Scattered-wave (often As SCF-X(alpha)-DSW Method) |
| ATTA | Atom Trap Trace Analysis |
| IRMDR | Infrared Microwave Double Resonance |
| DSRNA | Double-stranded RNA |