| Acronym | Meaning |
| SCA | Standing Committee Of Analysts [probably Of EC] |
| AMA | American Medical Association |
| MDA | Metal Deactivator |
| MIRS | Multiple Internal Reflection Spectroscopy |
| QTCS | Quantum Theorem Of Corresponding States |
| IRRAS | Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy |
| SXRFM | Synchrotron X-ray-fluorescence Microprobe |
| PMN | Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte |
| ACCDPPA | Approx. Coupled Cluster With Double Excitations Polarization Propagator Approxn. |
| RFE | Relaxor Ferroelectrics |