| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIC | Acceptable Intakes For Chronic Exposure |
| PVB | Poly(vinyl Butyral) |
| DLTS | Deep-level Transient Spectroscopy |
| GCOS | Global Climate Observing System (WMO |
| BAER | Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response |
| LXR | Liver X Receptorpar |
| FSSW | Friction Super Stir Welding |
| MASIF | Measurement And Analysis Of Surface Interaction Forces |
| ODSC | Oscillating Differential Scanning Calorimetry |
| PWBA-R | Plane-wave Born Approxn. With Relativistic Effects |