| Acronym | Meaning |
| L2MS | 2-step Laser Mass Spectrometry |
| DMC | Dynamic Matrix Control |
| DLD | Decoupled L-dominant Method (in Inelastic-scattering Calcns. |
| CASS | Computer Assisted Stratification And Sampling |
| PASTM | Photon Assisted Scanning Tunnel Microscopy |
| BEAR | Business And Environmentalists In An Alliance For Recycling |
| MMAD | Mass Median Aerodynamic Diameter (aerosol) |
| HFCC | Hyperfine Coupling Constant |
| CBP | Combustion By-Product (from Incineration) |
| SCFD | Supercritical Fluid Drying |