| Acronym | Meaning |
| LEFI | Local Electric Field Instrument |
| CIP | Cold Isostatic Pressing |
| AGCM | Adiabatic Generator Coordinate Method (for Energy Level Calcn.) |
| LRM | Laboratory Reference Material |
| PCDW | Pluvinage Continuum Distorted Wave ( A Wave Function In Calcns. On Atomic And Molecular Collisions) |
| AOTF | Acousto-optic Tunable Filter |
| WIPP | Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (for Nuclear Wastes) |
| SPARC | Stratospheric Processes And Their Role In Climate |
| HCOT | Helically Coiled Open Tube |
| AWS | American Welding Society |