| Acronym | Meaning |
| TRIPS | Trade-Related Aspects Of Intellectual Property Rights |
| OIRM | Office Of Information Resources Management |
| CSCT | US EPA Consortium For Site Characterization Technology |
| PERT | Program Evaluation And Review Technique |
| FISH | Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization |
| ASW | Artificial Seawater |
| LLC | Lyotropic Liquid Crystal |
| LTO | Laguerre-type Orbital (an Ao) |
| ENAA | Epithermal Neutron Activation Analysis |
| ADRF | Adiabatic Demagnetization In The Rotating Frame |