| Acronym | Meaning |
| VO | Virtual Orbital |
| RLM | Rotating Linear Model (for Effective Potential Surfaces In Coupled-channel Calcns. On Reactive Scattering) |
| HGF | Hermite Gaussian Function |
| CATSAT | Cooperative Astrophysics And Technology Satellite |
| TOGA | Tropical Oceans And Global Atmosphere |
| LONEOS | Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search |
| SEA WIFS | Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor |
| ALE | Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment |
| MRP | Medical Removal Protection |
| EPSRC | (United Kingdom) Engineering And Phys. Sciences Research Council |