| Acronym | Meaning |
| CMT | Cadmium Mercury Telluride |
| IMAGE | Integrated Model To Assess The Greenhouse Effect |
| SOCI | Spin-orbit Configuration Interaction |
| CMI | Corrective Measures Implementation |
| ASCA | Advanced Satellite For Cosmology And Astrophysics |
| TIRFM | Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy |
| BOD | Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
| DRIS | Double Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy |
| BNP | Brain Natriuretic Peptide |
| SIM | Standards Injection Module |