| Acronym | Meaning |
| TVA | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| NLTE | Non-local Thermodynamic Equilibrium |
| ASA | Acrylonitrile-styrene-acrylate Terpolymer |
| NDWAC | National Drinking Water Advisory Council |
| MIM | Metal Injection Molding |
| BCPCT | Best Conventional Pollutant Control Technology |
| CML | Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia |
| CSP | Chiral Stationary Phase |
| EBIT | Electron Beam Ion Trap |
| EMLC | Electrochemically Modulated Liquid Chromatography |