| Acronym | Meaning |
| TMDL | Total Maximum Daily Load |
| ACCP | Atlantic Climate Change Program (of NOAA |
| VOA | Volatile Organic Aromatic Compounds |
| COP | Coefficient Of Performance |
| OIDA | Optoelectronics Industry Development Association |
| RCA | Ricinus Communis Agglutinin |
| CHMM | Certified Hazardous Materials Manager |
| NQI | Nuclear Quadrupole Interaction |
| TED | Thermal Electron Detectors |
| TROSY | Transverse Relaxation-optimized Spectroscopy |