| Acronym | Meaning |
| FMIR | Frustrated Multiple Internal Reflection |
| SMOW | Standard Mean Ocean Water |
| FSC | Fluorescent Solar Concentrator |
| AHSP | ΓΏ-Hemoglobin-stabilizing Protein |
| TCLP | Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure |
| TPMB | Two-potential-modified Born (approxn. In Inelastic Collisions) |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
| KOPRA | Karlsruhe Optimized And Precise Radiative Transfer Algorithm |
| PROC | Photochemically Reactive Organic Compound(s) |
| RTPCR | Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction |