| Acronym | Meaning |
| SMP | Soluble Microbial Products |
| AGST | Above Ground Storage Tank |
| LVP | Left Ventricular Pressure |
| FOPPA | First-order Polarization Propagator Approach |
| RBS | Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry |
| MACS | Magnetic Cell Sorting System |
| ADF | Annular Dark-field |
| ACTFEL | Alternating Current Thin-film Electroluminescent |
| NVDOC | Non-volatile Dissolved Organic Carbon |
| ERF | Electrorheological Fluid |