| Acronym | Meaning |
| PIMC | Path-integral Monte-Carlo |
| ACM | Adiabatic Channel Model |
| AFEAS | Alternative Fluorocarbon Environmental Acceptability Study |
| ARGOS | Advanced Research And Global Observation Satellite |
| ERNS | Emergency Response Notification System |
| ERPG | Emergency Response Planning Guidelines |
| CRAM | Caisse Regionale D'Assurance Maladie |
| UCM | Unresolved Complex Mixt. |
| LUC | Large Unit Cell Semiempirical Approxn. (for Band Structure) |
| BOHS | British Occupational Hygiene Society |