| Acronym | Meaning |
| STIRAP | Stimulated Raman Adiabatic Passage |
| VAWI | Variable Wavelength Interferometry |
| WFGD | Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization |
| EFV STO | Electric-field-variant Slater-type Orbital |
| MDI | Modified Dipole Interaction(model For Mol.-polarizability Calcn.) |
| AMPS | 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic Acid [15214-89-8] |
| AWSAR | Annual Whole Sludge Application Rate |
| BSR | Bottom Simulating Reflection |
| PTB | Phosphotyrosine Binding |
| CEI | Cation Exchange Index |