| Acronym | Meaning |
| GID | Grazing Incidence Diffraction |
| TQM | Total Quality Management |
| LDPO | Linearly Driven Parametric Oscillator (model In Energy Transfer Calcns. In Mol. Collisions) |
| TROLL | Transmitter And Receiver Of Laser Light |
| PMTR | Photomodulated Thermoreflectance |
| CCGM | Cabrera-Celli-Goodman-Manson (at. Scattering Theory) |
| MOFT | Minimum Oil Film Thickness |
| CMV | Cucumber Mosaic Virus |
| DMR | Discharge Monitoring Report |
| PSS | Primary Sewage Sludge |