| Acronym | Meaning |
| CPM | Crucible Particle Metallurgy |
| DCA | Dressed-cluster Approximation (in Band-structure Calcns.) |
| GCOS | Global Climate Observing System (WMO |
| OSWSV | Osteryoung Square Wave Stripping Voltammetry |
| CZMA | Coastal Zone Management Act |
| CLC | Cholesteric Liquid Crystal |
| SODAR | Sound Detection And Ranging (meteorological Instrument) |
| AIP | American Institute Of Physics |
| AWT | Advanced Wastewater Treatment |
| CAAA | Clean Air Act Amendments (of 1990) |