| Acronym | Meaning |
| CST | Central Standard Time |
| AGP | Antisymmetrized Geminal Product (wave Function) |
| MAAC | Maximum Ambient Air Concentration |
| NSCSS | Noise-suppressing Capillary Separation System |
| CKD | Cement Kiln Dust |
| NFAIS | National Federation Of Abstracting And Information Services |
| MBRS | Molecular Beam Reactive Scattering |
| SQC | Sediment Quality Criteria |
| DZP | (double Zeta)-polarization Contracted Gaussian Basis Set |
| VDI | Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (German Engineers Society) |