| Acronym | Meaning |
| SMB | Simulated Moving Bed |
| OSSA | Office Of Space Science And Applications (NASA) |
| SCRP | Spin Correlated Radical Pairs |
| TPY | Total Photon Yield |
| IGAIM | Individual Gages (for) Atoms In Molecules |
| GA | Genetic Algorithm |
| IMF | Interplanetary Magnetic Field |
| MTF | Multiple Tube Fermentation |
| PERL | Passivated Emitter And Rear Locally Diffused (solar Cells) |
| VEELS | Valence Electron Energy-loss Spectroscopy |