| Acronym | Meaning |
| XUV | Extreme Ultraviolet |
| CIBO | Council Of Industrial Boiler Owners |
| MIF | Migration Inhibitory Factor |
| CEM | Corrected Effective Medium (for Atomic Interactions) |
| CCEA | Conventional Combustion Environmental Assessment |
| CAFEGE | Classically Approximated Free-electron-gas Exchange |
| SOLAS | Surface Ocean-lower Atmosphere Study |
| DWPF | Defense Waste Processing Facility |
| DCA | Detrended Correspondence Ordination Analysis |
| BRGM | Bureau Of Geol. And Mining Research (France) |