| Acronym | Meaning |
| CLC | Capacity Limiting Constituents |
| ARIC | Acid Rain Information Clearinghouse |
| SQL | Standard Quantum Limit |
| CGDE | Contact Glow Discharge Electrolysis |
| MIBD | Micro-interferometric Backscatter Detection |
| LCA | Life Cycle Assessment |
| TROESY | Transverse Rotating-frame Overhauser Effect Spectroscopy |
| MIC | Microwave Integrated Circuit |
| IRAV | Intense Infrared Active Vibration |
| SMSX(ALPHA) | Overlapping-sphere Multiple-scattering X(alpha) |