| Acronym | Meaning |
| QSRR | Quantitative Structure-retention Relationships |
| OSA | Optical Society Of America |
| QDM | Quadrature Discretization Method (in Electron Transport Properties Calcns.) |
| ACTS | Asbestos Contractor Tracking System |
| MGA | Modified Glauber Approxn. (in Atom-particle Scattering) |
| ITT | Impact Transition Temperature |
| NSWS | National Surface Water Survey |
| DODISS | Department Of Defense Index Of Specifications And Standards |
| BEM | Boundary Element Method |
| OMBE | Organic Molecular Beam Epitaxy |