| Acronym | Meaning |
| DAM | Military Applications Branch (French; Direction Des Applications Militaires) |
| ESMS | Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry |
| MSA | Mammary Serum Antigen |
| ESA | Excited State Absorption |
| SBIG | Subject-based Information Gateway |
| FC | Frozen Core (approxn. For Electron-atom Scattering Calcns.) |
| VPD | Vapor Pressure Deficit |
| RADW | Rotationally-adiabatic Distorted-wave |
| SAE | Society Of Automotive Engineers |
| VCS | Voluntary Cleanup Section |