| Acronym | Meaning |
| TDVP | Time-dependent Variational Principle (in Scattering Calcns.) |
| NTN | National Trends Network |
| AGU | American Geophysical Union |
| STE | Self-trapped Exciton |
| SDPA | 4,4'-sulfonyldiphthalic Anhydride |
| TCCL | Toxic Chemicals Control Law (Korea) |
| JOIDES | Joint Oceanographic Institutions For Deep Earth Sampling |
| LEC | Liquid Encapsulated Czochralski |
| DWES | Distorted-wave Energy Sudden (for Inelastic Mol. Collisions) |
| BSAF | Biota-to-sediment Accumulation Factor |