| Acronym | Meaning |
| SEA WIFS | Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor |
| ILEED | Inelastic Low-energy Electron Diffraction |
| FAST | Fast Atom Sample Tester |
| MVP | Mitral Valve Prolapse |
| SUVA | Specific UV Absorbance |
| PFTNA | Pulsed Fast Thermal Neutron Analysis |
| PUMP | Pure (alpha-spin-state) Unrestricted Moeller-Plesset Nth-order (wave Function) |
| CEN | Comite Europeen De Normalization |
| DLEED | Diffuse Low-energy Electron Diffraction |
| SAMOS | System For Automated Monitoring Of Org. Pollutants In Surface Water |