| Acronym | Meaning |
| UTI | Urinary Tract Infection |
| NUR | Nitrate Utilization Rate |
| NDLM | Nondiagonal Lagrange Multiplier |
| IISRP | International Institute Of Synthetic Rubber Producers |
| DHS | Dynamic Headspace |
| ESEM | Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| ESID | Electron Stimulated Ion Desorption |
| EHCO | Extended Hueckel Crystal Orbital |
| ROV | Remotely Operated Vehicle |
| CELS | Characteristic Energy Loss Spectroscopy |