| Acronym | Meaning |
| CGCP | Canadian Global Change Program |
| REO | Rare Earth Oxide |
| AFPAL | Air Force Phillips Astronautics Laboratory (USA) |
| IPG | Immobilized PH Gradient |
| CFM | Continued-fraction Method |
| APC | Adenomatous Polyposis Coli |
| RRT | Relative Retention Time |
| CISA | Continuum Intermediate-state Approxn. (for Scattering) |
| VRE | Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci |
| BEES | Ballistic Electron Emission Spectroscopy |