| Acronym | Meaning |
| DUV | Deep Ultraviolet |
| LPED | Low-pressure Electric Discharge |
| AFRP | Aramid Fiber-reinforced Plastic |
| NERAC | New England Research Applications Center |
| QHA | Quasi-harmonic Approxn. (in Intramol. Vibrational Relaxation) |
| ISST | International Subcommission On Stratigraphic Terminology |
| CEQ | Collinear Exact Quantum (method In Reactive-scattering Calcn.) |
| OEP | Odd-even (alkane/carbon) Predominance (geology) |
| DSPSE | Deep Space Probe Science Experiment |
| DWA | Digital Waveform Acquisition |