| Acronym | Meaning |
| EBHT | Electron Beam Hardening Treatment |
| DQ-RSPT | Double And Quadruple Excitation Diagrams In Rayleigh-Schroedinger Perturbation Theory |
| EFB | Empty Fruit Bunch |
| ROESY | Rotating-frame Overhauser Enhancement Spectroscopy |
| PERC | Passivated Emitter And Rear Cell (solar Cells) |
| BCR | Bureau Communitaire De Reference (of The CEE = Commission Of European Communities |
| JKR | Johnson-Kendall-Roberts Contact Model |
| TALIF | Two-photon Absorption Laser Induced Fluorescence |
| NBS | National Bureau Of Standards |
| CASTNET | Clean Air Status And Trends Network |