| Acronym | Meaning |
| IPIC | Intellectual Property Institute Of Canada |
| HEPES | N-2-hydroxyethylpiperazine-N'-2-ethanesulfonic Acid |
| RSCPA | Reduced (second Order) Self-consistent Phonon Approxn. (a Green-function Calcn. Method) |
| FI | Fouling Index |
| ALCOM | Advanced Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials |
| CTMP | Chemico-thermomechanical Pulping |
| KVP | Kohn Variational Principle |
| ICRP | International Commission On Radiological Protection |
| MAOT | Maximum Allowable Operating Temperature For Stationary Phase |
| SVT | Silicon Vertex Tracker |