| Acronym | Meaning |
| OU | Odor Units |
| PAZ | Partial Annealing Zone (fission-track) |
| FDMS | Field-desorption Mass Spectrometry |
| CNRS | Centre Nationale De La Recherche Scientifique (France) |
| MSCV | Murine Stem Cell Virus |
| PBSC | Peripheral Blood Stem Cell |
| WFGD | Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization |
| AFMR | Antiferromagnetic Resonance |
| BSHC | Break Specific Unburned Hydrocarbons |
| OLF | Overland Flow |