| Acronym | Meaning |
| ECA | Equivalent Core Approximation |
| NIDDM | Non-insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus |
| PIMBE | Plasma-induced Molecular-beam Epitaxy |
| ADAS | Acid Deposition Assessment Staff |
| MR-CI-PS | Multireference-CI-perturbatively Selected |
| EGTA | Ethylene Glycol Bis(2-aminoethyl Ether)-N |
| NOGF | Nonorthogonal Group Function Approximation |
| FOJT | First-order Jahn-Teller |
| UOP | Universal Oil Products |
| IRS | Insulin Receptor Substrate |