| Acronym | Meaning |
| MIAM | Modified Independent-atom Model (for Electron-mol. Scattering) |
| LIFS | Laser Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| BARC | Bottom Antireflective Coating |
| QHA | Quasi-harmonic Approxn. (in Intramol. Vibrational Relaxation) |
| SIV | Simian Immunodeficiency Virus |
| DBR | Distributed Bragg Reflector |
| DAC | Diamond Anvil Cell |
| SAR | Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| CMF | Clay Minerals File (of Digitized X-ray Diffraction Traces) |
| ACD | Annealed Cold Drawn |