| Acronym | Meaning |
| AS | Absorption Spectroscopy |
| PZN | Lead Zinc Niobate |
| VMS | Vehicle Management System |
| ECD | Electron Capture Detector (gas Chromatography) |
| SFFF | Sedimentation Field Flow Fractionation |
| LFMO | Ligand Field Method Combined With Linear Combination Of Atomic Orbitals-molecular Orbital Method |
| PIPES | Piperazine-1 |
| TPA | Terephthalic Acid |
| ACCP | Atlantic Climate Change Program (of NOAA |
| SPF | Specific Pathogen-free |