| Acronym | Meaning |
| VPDB | Vienna Peedee Belemnite |
| CWFMS | Combined Wavelength And Frequency Modulation Spectroscopy |
| MPDS | Moment-polarized Dirac-Slater |
| NRPS | Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase |
| PICP | Carboxyterminal Propeptide Of Type I Procollagen |
| UVAS | UV Absorption Spectroscopy |
| RCF | Rolling Contact Fatigue |
| SAROAD | Storage And Retrieval Of Aerometric Data |
| NNLO | Next-to-next-to-leading Order |
| WMAP | Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe |