| Acronym | Meaning |
| MDS | Metastable Deexcitation Spectroscopy |
| TEAM | Total Exposure Assessment Methodology |
| VF | Valence Force (model In Bond Properties Calcns. In Solids) |
| AAM | Automated Auger Microprobe |
| DFAA | Dissolved Free Amino Acids |
| NETD | Noise Equiv. Temp. Difference |
| SDPM | Spin-dependent Photomodulation |
| TTSS | Tropospheric Trace Species Sounder |
| CGCG | Central Giant Cell Granuloma |
| BS | Backscattering Spectroscopy |