| Acronym | Meaning |
| AMS | Accelerator Mass Spectrometer |
| OTS | Office Of Technical Services |
| ARC | Antarctic Research Center |
| ALE | Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian |
| ABAQUS | Finite-element Computer Code |
| GEOSAT | Geodesy Satellite |
| SCR | Silicon Controlled Rectifier |
| AWRE | Atomic Weapon Research Establishment |
| AC | Alternating Current |
| RPS | Routine Product Set |