| Acronym | Meaning |
| SWTR | Surface Water Treatment Rule |
| CAN | Ceric Ammonium Nitratepar |
| QCA | Quasicrystalline Approximation |
| PTO | U.S. Patent And Trademark Office |
| AMPD | 2-amino-2-methyl 1 |
| CDT | Critical Dissolution Time (synthetic Fiber And Polymer Property) |
| NOBIC | Near-field Optical Beam Induced Current |
| MFI | Melt Flow Index [of Polymer] |
| R-CNDO/1X | Relativistic Complete Neglect Of Differential Overlap (method) |
| EOS | Equation Of State |