| Acronym | Meaning |
| SNR | Signal-to-noise Ratio |
| ASA | At. Sphere Approxn. |
| BRCA1 | Breast Cancer Gene 1 |
| GEIA | Global Emissions Inventory Assessment |
| VFA | Volatile Fatty Acid |
| AQF | American Quality Foundation |
| POCP | Photochem. Ozone Creation Potential |
| NTEF | Near Total External Fluorescence |
| READS | Restriction Enzyme Analysis Of Differentially-expressed Sequences |
| NIEM | Noniterative Integral Equation Method |