| Acronym | Meaning |
| CRYSIS | Cryogenic Stockholm Ion Source |
| EA | Equilibrated Aggregate (interplanetary Dust Particle) |
| AISI | American Iron And Steel Institute |
| ODUS | Ozone Dynamics UV Spectrometer |
| ORV | Optical Retardation Velocity |
| HOMBA | Higher-order Modified Born Approxn. (in Potential Scattering) |
| MTF | Multiple Tube Fermentation |
| RMRCI | Relativistic MR-CI |
| NAREL | National Air And Radiation Environmental Laboratory |
| ALD | Atomic Layer Deposition |