| Acronym | Meaning |
| STM | Space-translation Method (in Atomic Collision Calcn.) |
| USRA | Universities Space Research Association |
| PBSC | Peripheral Blood Stem Cell |
| IODE | International Oceanographic Data/Information Exchange (IOC) |
| UAQI | Uniform Air Quality Index |
| DVI | Dust Veil Index |
| MBT | Many-body Theory |
| MADE | The Macro-Dispersion Test Site |
| SAW | Surface Acoustic Wave |
| LR-SCF | Low-rank SCF |