| Acronym | Meaning |
| OPIA | Optical Precision Instrument Associates |
| PTGC | Programmed-temperature Gas Chromatography |
| NNLO | Next-to-next-to-leading Order |
| DAFLOW | Diffusion Analogy Flow [model] |
| SSRTP | Solid-surface Room-temperature Phosphorimetry |
| CAA | Clean Air Act Of 1970 |
| HNLC | High-nutrient Low-chlorophyll |
| CNC | Computer Numerical Control |
| SIMPLISMA | Simple-to-use Interactive Self-modeling Mixture Analysis |
| WDI | World Drug Index |