| Acronym | Meaning |
| IGCP | International Geological Correlation Program |
| ASR | Alkali-silica Reaction |
| SSH | Su-Schieffer-Heeger (model Hamiltonian For Electronic-structure Calcns.) |
| LBZ | Local Brittle Zone |
| CHAOS | Canadian High Acceptance Orbit Spectrometer |
| BID | Buoyancy Induced Dispersion |
| AAPM | American Association Of Physicists In Medicine |
| OTLC | Open Tubular Liquid Chromatography |
| PBSC | Peripheral Blood Stem Cell |
| CTD | Conductivity |