| Acronym | Meaning |
| CFHH-GLF | CFHH-generalized Laguerre Function |
| NERC | Natural Environment Research Council (UK) |
| MAMU | Mobile (ambient) Air Monitoring Unit (Canada) |
| HOC | Hydrophobic Organic Compounds |
| PETEOS | Plasma-enhanced Tetraethylorthosilicate |
| PWPP | Plane-wave Pseudopotential |
| CCT | Continuous Cooling Transformation |
| PFNA | Pulsed Fast-neutron Analysis |
| SSF | Slow Sand Filtration (water Treatment) |
| ELS | Energy Loss Spectroscopy |