| Acronym | Meaning |
| SHIRE | Southern Hemisphere Infrared Experiment |
| ACM | Aanderaa Current Meter |
| NBR | Nitrile-butadiene Rubber |
| VA-HOMO | Vibrationally Active HOMO |
| ICCP | International Committee For Coal Petrology |
| OPLC | Overpressured Layer Chromatography |
| GDE | General Dynamic Equation |
| INTERFACE II | Integrated Reliable Fault-Tolerant Control For Large Engines |
| NK | Natural Killer |
| CDCGE | Continuous Denaturing Capillary Gel Electrophoresis |