| Acronym | Meaning |
| MCS | Management Control System |
| GSD | Geometric Std. Deviation |
| CMP | Capacitively Coupled Microwave Plasma |
| BVOC | Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds |
| SFE | Stacking Fault Energy |
| ETS | Extended Transition State (method For Bond Dissocn. Energies) |
| NNDO | Neglect Of Nonbonded Differential Overlap |
| NPRA | National Petroleum Refiners Association |
| FEV | Forced Expiratory Volume (measure Of Lung Function) |
| GC/MS/DS | Gas Chromatography/mass Spectrometry/data System (Finnigan) |