| Acronym | Meaning |
| JIS | Japan Industrial Standard |
| GDA | Glow Discharge Atomization (for Atomic Absorption Spectrometry) |
| SVM | Support Vector Machine |
| APE | Aerosol Photoemission |
| DLD | Decoupled L-dominant Method (in Inelastic-scattering Calcns. |
| TBARS | Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances |
| SIA | Sequential Injection Analysis |
| AWRE | Atomic Weapons Research Establishment |
| NSCP | North Sea Community Program |
| CCSD-EH | CCSD-effective Hamiltonian |