| Acronym | Meaning |
| IUPPA | The International Union Of Air Pollution Prevention Associations |
| DDLS | Depolarized Dynamic Light Scattering |
| EAC | Environmental Assisted Cracking |
| CGMP | Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate |
| GAMETAG | Global Atmospheric Measurements Experiment Of Tropospheric Aerosols And Gases |
| CGH | Comparative Genomic Hybridization |
| SI | Scale Index |
| BEI | Backscattered Electron Imaging |
| PLL | Phase Locked Loop |
| IRSID | French Research Institute Of Siderurgy |