| Acronym | Meaning |
| FTIR | Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy |
| FOQELS | Fiber Optic Quasi Elastic Light Scattering |
| CERES | Coalition For Economically Responsible Economies |
| ASA | American Society Of Agronomy |
| ACD | Annealed Cold Drawn |
| RDF | Radial Distribution Function |
| BIV | Bovine Immunodeficiency Virus |
| ICCP | International Committee For Coal Petrology |
| CDNA | Complementary DNA |
| GISPRI | Global Industrial And Social Progress Institute (Japan) |