| Acronym | Meaning |
| SVC | Semivolatile Organic Compound |
| LLOD | Lower Limit Of Detection |
| NOC | Nonionic Organic Contaminants |
| ALS | Acetolactate Synthase |
| VLF | Very Low Frequency (radiowaves) |
| TEC | Thermal Expansion Coefficient |
| IRS | Infrared Soldering |
| PSCA | Periodic Small-cluster Approach (a Many-body Technique In Electronic-structure Calcns.) |
| TBN | Total Base Number |
| ICPD | Inductively Coupled Plasma Deposition |