| Acronym | Meaning |
| TIE | Toxicity Identification Evaluation |
| HSWA | Hazardous And Solid Waste Amendments Of 1984 |
| CFU | Colony Forming Unit (for Bacteria Counting In Water Disinfection) |
| CORMA | COmplete Relaxation Matrix Analysis |
| SATRAS | Satellite Transition Spectroscopy |
| ADT | Air Dry Ton [of Cellulose Pulp] |
| LIDAR | Laser Intensity Direction And Ranging |
| AOSTRA | Alberta Oil Sands Technology And Research Authority |
| LPS | Laser Plasma Spectroscopy |
| ALARP | As Low As Reasonably Practicable |