| Acronym | Meaning |
| MSA | Mineralogical Society Of America |
| EIL | Environmental Impairment Liability |
| CAD | Computer-Aided Design |
| CEES | Committee On Earth And Environment Sciences (US) |
| HPCA | Hierarchical Principal Component Analysis |
| OEMO | One Electron Molecular Orbital |
| EMIRA | Epidemiological And Microbial Risk Assessment |
| PICA | Polymerization-induced Colloid Aggregation |
| NPRI | National Pollutant Release Inventory |
| ERW | Electrical Resistance Welding |