| Acronym | Meaning |
| SPOS | Solid Phase Organic Synthesis |
| HNLC | High-nutrient Low-chlorophyll |
| CCGM | Cabrera-Celli-Goodman-Manson (at. Scattering Theory) |
| PW-LDA | Plane Wave-local Density Approxn. |
| ZPP | Zn Protoporphyrin (lead Poisoning Indicator) |
| DIPP | Deformed Inverse-power Potential |
| PTO | U.S. Patent And Trademark Office |
| LD | Limits Of Detection |
| PSD | Passive Sampling Device(s) (for Air Pollution) |
| SERODS | Surface-Enhanced Raman Optical Data Storage |