| Acronym | Meaning |
| MAP | Mean Arterial Pressure |
| IMD | Intermetal Dielectric |
| PVC | Polyvinyl Chloride |
| SGOT | Serum Glutamic-oxaloacetic Transaminase |
| THMFP | Trihalomethane Formation Potential |
| BIOMOVS | Biosphere Model Validation Study |
| SCPP | Self-consistent Polarization Propagator |
| AGCM | Atmospheric General Circulation Model |
| QLUC | Quasimolecular Large Unit Cell (model For Electronic-structure Calcns. On Solids) |
| PCR | Principal Component Regression |