| Acronym | Meaning |
| IRES | Internal Ribosome Entry Site |
| NQI | Nuclear Quadrupole Interaction |
| KISS | KPNO International Spectroscopic Survey |
| PWBA-C | Coulomb Corrected Plane Wave Born Approxn. |
| MIP | Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry |
| FEV | Forced Expiratory Volume (measure Of Lung Function) |
| CSH | Centrifugal Sudden Hyperspherical (coordinate Reactive Scattering Code) |
| INPI | The French National Institute Of Industrial Property |
| PERL | Passivated Emitter And Rear Locally Diffused (solar Cells) |
| AMS | Alpha Methyl Styrene |