| Acronym | Meaning |
| HPLS | Hierarchical Partial Least Squares |
| ACMV | African Cassava Mosaic Virus |
| SIRS | Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome |
| OD | Optical Density |
| SEPA | State Environmental Policy Act |
| MAST | Marine Science And Technology Programme |
| CP-LSDA | Car-Parrinello Local Spin Density Functional |
| ADDC | Ammonium Diethyldithiocarbamate |
| DCB | Distorted Coulomb-Born Approxn. |
| WPPD | Whole-powder-pattern Decomposition |