| Acronym | Meaning |
| NISO | National Information Standards Organization |
| OLDA | Ordinary Linear Discriminant Analysis |
| ETAAS | Electrothermal Atomic Absorption Spectrometry |
| ILAC | International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation |
| EMPT | Effective Medium Percolation Theory |
| ARB | Air Resources Board (California) |
| CCME | Canadian Council Of Ministers Of The Environment |
| HVLP | High-volume Low Pressure [spray Gun] |
| ODCPA | Off-diagonal (disorder) Coherent-potential Approxn. |
| MLCFA | Maximum Likelihood Common Factor Analysis |