| Acronym | Meaning |
| SPS | Sucrose-phosphate Synthase |
| VLA | Very Large Array |
| DSCF | Direct Self-consistent Field |
| ORPI | Off-resonance Proton Irradiation |
| PWO | Plane Wave Orbital |
| NARE | North Atlantic Regional Experiment |
| LPS | Laser Plasma Spectroscopy |
| CBMAPDT | Committee On Biologic Markers Of Air-Pollution Damage In Trees |
| EBM | Electron Beam Machining |
| LIPOD | Laser Induced Photochemical Oxidative Destruction Process |