| Acronym | Meaning |
| NODA | Notice Of Data Availability |
| NSES | National Science Education Standards |
| CEIA | Capillary Electrophoresis Immunoassay |
| TCF | Totally Chlorine-free [in Pulp Industry] |
| CIS | Characteristic Isochromat Spectroscopy |
| PAPS | Phase-alternated Pulse Sequence |
| ANS | American National Standard |
| SPIRIT | Spatial IR Imaging Telescope |
| ESA | Energy Sudden Approxn. (in Calcns. On Reactive Scattering) |
| LOSC | Law Of The Sea Convention |