| Acronym | Meaning |
| BODIPY | Dipyrrometheneboron Difluoride |
| TPQ | Threshold Planning Quantity |
| MVA | Muellverbrennungsanlage (German) Waste Incineration Plant |
| OSTLS | Optical Saturation Thermal Lens Spectrometry |
| VLSI | Very Large-scale Integration |
| ADMI | American Dye Manufacturers Institute |
| CIS | Characteristic Isochromat Spectroscopy |
| CIPW | Cross, Iddings, Pirrson, And Washington (for Geology Terminology) |
| BEWS | Biological Early Warning Systems |
| CTC | Control Technology Center |