| Acronym | Meaning |
| VGF | Vertical Gradient Freeze |
| SPFS | Surface Plasmon Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
| CIPO | Canadian Intellectual Property Office |
| RTDM | Rough Terrain Dispersion Model (air Quality) |
| CCV | Continuing Calibration Verification |
| BF | Bright Field |
| NFPA | National Fire Protection Association |
| NEA | Negative Electron Affinity |
| PT-MVD | Perturbation Theory (with) Mass-velocity And Darwin (operators) |
| SLS | Static Light Scattering |