| Acronym | Meaning |
| PAZ | Protective Action Zone |
| SRC-1 | Steroid Receptor Coactivator-1 |
| REELS | Reflection Electron Energy-loss Spectroscopy |
| IRMDR | Infrared Microwave Double Resonance |
| OSWV | Osteryoung Square Wave Voltammetry |
| CC-VTZ | Correlation Consistent-valence Triple Zeta (basis Set) |
| PHBTD | (number)projected-hartree-bogolyubov Tamm-dancoff(quantum Method) |
| CRL | Central Regional Laboratory |
| MCR | Mutual Climate Range |
| AAAS | American Academy Of Arts And Sciences |