| Acronym | Meaning |
| IUPAB | International Union Of Pure And Applied Biophysics |
| COSEPUP | Committee On Science |
| FD | Field Desorption |
| COPC | Contaminants Of Potential Concern |
| BCA | Bicinchoninic Acid |
| SEC | Scaled External Correlation (extrapolation Method In CI Calcn.) |
| WSTCM | Watson-sphere Terminated Cluster Model (in Electronic-structure Calcns. On Crystal Defects) |
| LEFI | Local Electric Field Instrument |
| MR-CCI | Multireference Contracted Configuration Interaction |
| TDC | Time-to-Digital Converter |