| Acronym | Meaning |
| PLDA | Piecewise Linear Discriminant Analysis |
| ASQC | American Society For Quality Control |
| SCC | Stress-corrosion Cracking |
| MC | Metal Carbide |
| ADA | Adipic Acid |
| SPARC | Stratospheric Processes And Their Role In Climate |
| MS | Mass Spectrometer |
| NDCEE | National Defense Center For Environmental Excellence |
| SCEM | Semiclassical Self-consistent Eikonal Method |
| NIWA | National Institute For Water And Atm. Research [New Zealand] |