| Acronym | Meaning |
| AOCI | Airborne Ocean Color Imager |
| AFV | Alternatively Fueled Vehicle |
| IMACNMMN | International Mineralogical Assocn. Commission On New Minerals And Mineral Names |
| DPE | Dual-phase Extraction |
| NCSE | National Council For Science And The Environment |
| SCR | Spectral Collocation Representation (of Basis Sets) |
| DAIRS | Differential Absorption Infrared Sensor |
| AMLCD | Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display |
| IOSA | Infinite Order Suden Approxn. (for Mol. Scattering Calcns.) |
| SAFIR | Single Aperture Far-Infrared Observatory |