| Acronym | Meaning |
| FIC | Fractional Inhibitory Concentration |
| EIS | Electron Impact Spectroscopy |
| FLMS | Femtosecond Laser Mass Spectrometry |
| ICARUS | Imaging Cosmic And Rare Underground Signal |
| LDV | Light Duty Vehicle |
| RKRVL | Rydberg-Klein-Rees-Vanderslice-Lakshman (for Potential Energy) |
| GDR | German Democratic Republic |
| ADTT | Accelerator Driven Transmutation Technology |
| CHICO | Compact Heavy-ion Counter |
| GSFC | Goddard Space Flight Center (of NOAA |