| Acronym | Meaning |
| NIRF | Near-infrared Fluorescence |
| GIS | Geographical Information System |
| CCLRC | Council For The Central Laboratory Of The Research Councils |
| BJT | Bipolar Junction Transistors |
| RFQ | Radio-frequency Quadrupole |
| HWRIC | Hazardous Waste Research And Information Center |
| SAFM | Scanning Attractive Force Microscopy |
| DRC | Dose Response Curve |
| PTX | Pertussis Toxin |
| CEPA-SD | Coupled-electron-pair Approxn. (with) Single (and) Double Excitations |