| Acronym | Meaning |
| VHAP | Volatile Hazardous Air Pollutant |
| MBRS | Molecular Beam Reactive Scattering |
| DBD | Dielectric Barrier Discharge |
| PP | Pariser Parr |
| COMFET | Conductivity-modulated Field Effect Transistor |
| TMV | Tobacco Mosaic Virus |
| BNFL | British Nuclear Fuels Laboratory |
| ACFB | Atmospheric Circulating Fluidized Bed |
| ROI | Reactive Oxygen Intermediate |
| SAMBA | Satellite For Measurement Of Background Anisotropies |