| Acronym | Meaning |
| NWQMC | National Water Quality Monitoring Council |
| MFA | Molecular-field Approximation |
| WSD | Wear Scar Diameter |
| ANNNI | Axial Next-nearest-neighbor Ising (model Of Superstructure) |
| ETA | Emanation Thermal Analysis |
| SCC | Standards Council Of Canada |
| MSA | Mammary Serum Antigen |
| EPI | Echo-planar Imaging |
| PAC | Polyaluminum Chloride |
| OCT | Optical Coherence Tomography |