| Acronym | Meaning |
| ESPI | Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry |
| NVH | Noise, Vibration, And Harshness |
| GAMESS | General Atomic And Molecular Electronic Structure System |
| CASRN | Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number |
| PPM | Parts Per Million |
| SONN | Self-organizing Neural Network |
| OCR | Optical Character Recognition |
| FIT | Field Investigation Team (US EPA) |
| GFDL | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory |
| NAPL | Nonaqueous Phase Liquid |