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+********
+Glossary
+********
+
+The following abbreviations are used in Cantera, both in documentation and in
+the names of variables and classes:
+
+* **CK**: Chemkin
+* **CT**: Cantera
+* **CTI**: Cantera input
+* **CTML**: Cantera markup language
+* **HKFT**: Helgeson-Kirkham-Flowers-Tanger
+* **HMW**: Harvie, Møller, and Weare
+* **IAPWS**: International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam
+* **MFTP**: Mixture fugacity ThermoPhase
+* **PDSS**: Pressure-dependent standard state
+* **RT**: Product of the gas constant (R) and the temperature
+* **SHE**: Single half-electrode
+* **SP**: "Surface Problem"
+* **SS**: Standard state
+* **SSTP**: SingleSpeciesTP (ThermoPhase)
+* **STIT**: SpeciesThermoInterpType
+* **VCS**: Villars Cruise Smith
+* **VPSS**: Variable pressure standard state
+* **VPSSTP**: variable pressure standard state ThermoPhase
+* **wrt**: with respect to
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    cython/index
    matlab/index
    cxx-guide/index
+   glossary
 
    Cantera Development Homepage <http://cantera.googlecode.com>