| Acronym | Meaning |
| ADPT | Auger Depth Profiling Technique |
| PIGS | Pesticides In Groundwater Strategy |
| PVD | Physical Vapor Deposition |
| ETS | Electron Transmission Spectroscopy |
| RMCL | Recommended Maximum Contaminant Level |
| PDU | Process Development Unit |
| EASTT | Environmental Advisory Service For Technology Transfer |
| ARROW | Anti-resonant Reflecting Optical Waveguide |
| NTS | Nucleus Of The Solitary Tract |
| LAT | Latency-associated Transcript |