| Acronym | Meaning |
| SMOKE | Surface Magneto-optic Kerr Effect |
| PCAD | Power Conditioning And Distribution (in Spacecraft) |
| VOFF | Valence Orbital Force Field |
| HWC | Hazardous Waste Combustor |
| CTF | Contrast-transfer Function |
| IRGA | Infrared Gas Analyzer |
| PCMT | Protein Carboxyl Methyltransferase |
| SSMS | Spark Source Mass Spectrometry |
| THDM | Translucent Humic Degradation Matter |
| UBM | Under Bump Metallurgy |