| Acronym | Meaning |
| OHC | Outer Hair Cell |
| CISDTQ | Configuration Interaction With Single |
| MTCT | Mother-to-child Transmission |
| NADAP | National Atmospheric Deposition Assessment Program |
| ZPE | Zero-point Energy |
| DTDMAC | Ditallowdimethylammonium Cation [surfactant] |
| UHFQ | Unrestricted Hartree-Fock With Quartet Annihilation |
| LD | Laser Diode |
| HAD | Hollow Anode Discharge |
| LHPG | Laser-heated Pedestal Growth |