| Acronym | Meaning |
| IUPAP | International Union Of Pure And Applied Physics |
| EFPVN | Eastern Fine Particle And Visibility Network |
| QUAL2E | Enhanced Stream Water Quality Model |
| AGCM | Adiabatic Generator Coordinate Method (for Energy Level Calcn.) |
| ILS | Instrumental Line Shape |
| BUN | Blood Urea Nitrogen |
| IPNSO | Independent-pair Natural Spin Orbital |
| PCBP | Phosphocholine-binding Proteinpar |
| SSH | Suppressive Subtraction Hybridization |
| EFISH | Elec. Field-induced 2nd-harmonic Generation |