| Acronym | Meaning |
| TMA | Transcription-mediated Amplification |
| APAF | Apoptosis Protease Activating Factor |
| RBR | Reductive Burning Recovery |
| STERAO | Stratosphere-Troposphere Experiments: Radiation |
| AEDE | Annual Effective Dose Equivalent |
| GTN | Global Trend Network |
| HAD | High Aluminum Defect |
| HFD | Hartree-Fock-dispersion (type Of Intermol. Potential) |
| AOAC | Association Of Official Analytical Chemists |
| CEPS | Chemically Enhanced Primary Sedimentation |