| Acronym | Meaning |
| EBT | Eccentric Bottom Tapping |
| UF | Ultrafiltration (water Treatment) |
| USGS | United States Geological Survey |
| GLORIA | Geological LOng Range Inclined Asdic |
| IPPP | Iterative Pariser-Parr-Pople Method |
| EDA | European Desalination Association |
| NPD | Normal Photoelectron Diffraction |
| AOML | Atlantic Oceanographic And Meteorological Laboratory (of NOAA |
| MAO | Methyl Aluminoxanes |
| EA | Environmental Assessment |