| Acronym | Meaning |
| PIRSS | Polarization IR Surface Spectroscopy |
| HRAC | Herbicide Resistance Action Committee |
| EDFA | Er-doped Fiber Amplifier |
| RMTA | Rigid Muffin-tin Approxn. |
| PAGE | Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis |
| SAFT | Spark Analysis For Traces |
| TIGR | The Institute For Genomic Research |
| ICR | Information Collection Rule |
| DPPC | Dipalmitoyl Phosphatidylcholine |
| YOS | Yttrium Orthosilicate |