| Acronym | Meaning |
| EMAS | European Microbeam Analysis Society |
| ESCR | Environmental Stress Cracking Resistance |
| PTGS | Picosecond Transient Grating Spectroscopy |
| CNLS | Complex Nonlinear Least Squares (data Fitting Method) |
| PM10 | Particulate Matter |
| RRT | Relative Retention Time |
| SSPG | Steady-state Plasma Glucose |
| NASP | National Aerospace Plane |
| PE | Population Equivalent (in Wastewater Treatment) |
| NOMS | National Organics Monitoring Survey (US EPA 1976-1977) |