| Acronym | Meaning |
| IGT | Insulated-gate Transistor |
| SUVR | Solar Ultraviolet Radiation |
| NFCR | National Foundation For Cancer Research |
| EMTS | Environmental Monitoring Testing Site |
| EMTB | Effective-medium Tight-binding |
| GFAAS | Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy |
| SWM | Statistical Wave Function Model (for Highly Excited Vibrational Levels Of Mols.) |
| GANC | Generalized Acid Neutralization Capacity Test |
| LISA | Lander For Ion-selective Analysis |
| ABC | Absorbing Boundary Condition (green Function) |