| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIHA | American Industrial Hygiene Association |
| IAMAS | International Association Of Meteorological And Atmospheric Sciences |
| PAZ | Partial Annealing Zone (fission-track) |
| GUVI | Global Ultraviolet Imager |
| ISMAR | International Society Of Magnetic Resonance |
| HMIP | Her Majesty's Inspectorate Of Pollution |
| GDC | Glow Discharge Cleaning |
| OGE | Optogalvanic Effect |
| COC | Cyclic Olefin Copolymers |
| TCD | Thermal Conductivity Detector (for Gas Chromatography) |