| Acronym | Meaning |
| MIDAS | Metal Ion-dependent Adhesion Site |
| IGT | Institute Of Gas Technology |
| ESP | Electrostatic Precipitator |
| ADST | Average Daily Soil Temperature |
| GIXAS | Grazing Incidence X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy |
| AVHRR | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (NASA) |
| BHR | Bronchial Hyperresponsiveness |
| ABR | Anaerobic Baffled Reactor (for Wastewater Treatment) |
| MCSCF | Multi Configuration Self Consistent Field |
| RLS | Recursive Least Squares (algorithm) |