| Acronym | Meaning |
| SLI | Starter Light Ignition (lead Batteries) |
| TRIS | Toxic Release Inventory System |
| OTC | Organic Toxic Compound |
| CD | Centrifugal Decoupling Approximation (for Atom-mol.scattering) |
| CAG | Continental-arc Granitoids |
| AFBC | Atmospheric Fluidized Bed Combustion |
| CHESS | Council For Health And Environmental Safety Of Soils |
| PSD | Postsynaptic Density |
| MVCD | Magnetic Vibrational Circular Dichroism |
| WAS | Whole Air Sampler |