| Acronym | Meaning |
| RAINBOWS | Reduced And INternally Biased Oxide Wafers |
| RACE | Reactive Accelerated Cluster Erosion |
| MERLIN | Multi-element Radio-linked Interferometer Network |
| AF | Alternating Field Demagnetization |
| MTOC | Microtubule-organizing Center |
| LSSV | Linear Sweep Stripping Voltammetry |
| SPCC | System Performance Check Compound |
| DDSC | Dynamic Differential Scanning Calorimetry |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization |
| ELSA | Emergency Level Scale Assessment |