| Acronym | Meaning |
| LCEC | Liquid Chromatography With Electrochemical Detection |
| PRM | Primary Reference Material |
| OTS | Office Of Toxic Substances (USEPA) |
| PDE | Partial Differential Equation |
| RCSF | Reference Configuration-state Function |
| SCPP | Self-consistent Polarization Propagator |
| CDAF | Continuous Distributed Approximating Function |
| SMOKE | Surface Magneto-optic Kerr Effect |
| POTW | Publicly Owned Treatment Works |
| MCP | Major Capsid Protein |