| Acronym | Meaning |
| EMAT | Effluent Microtox Acute Toxicity |
| PTD | Protein Transduction Domain |
| TBMD | Tight-binding Molecular Dynamics |
| CNDO/2-V | Complete Neglect Of Differential Overlap-potential Method |
| BSO | Bismuth Silicon Oxide |
| WSI | Wafer Scale Integration |
| LCD | Liquid Crystal Display |
| NSPS | New Source Performance Standards |
| PTI | Positive Thermal Ionization (for Mass Spectrometry) |
| SHM | Stockholm Humic Model |