| Acronym | Meaning |
| LEEPS | Low Energy Electron Point Source |
| CRREL | US Army Cold Regions Research And Engineering Laboratory |
| FETI | Fire, Explosion And Toxicity Index |
| LCTAO | Linear Combination Of Traveling Atomic Orbitals |
| IRCWD | International Reference Center For Waste Disposal |
| RTF | Room Temperature Fluorescence |
| JFCA | Japan Fine Ceramics Association |
| GCDIS | Global Change Data And Information System |
| SANDS | Stratospheric Aitken Nuclei Detection System |
| CMF | Colloid Metal Film |