| Acronym | Meaning |
| AIF | Apoptosis-inducing Factor |
| PPLV | Preliminary Pollutant Limit Value |
| MCCP | Mountain Cloud Chemistry Program |
| XPED | X-ray Photoelectron Diffractometry |
| DARMA | Deterministic Autoregressive Moving Average |
| DHBT | Double Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor |
| DFM | Dark Field Microscopy |
| MSA | Metropolitan Statistical Area |
| NSERC | Natural Sciences And Engineering Research Council (Canada) |
| GTF | Gaussian-type (wave) Function |