| Acronym | Meaning |
| VSM | Vibrating Sample Magnetometer |
| BS | Backscattering Spectroscopy |
| PMO | Perturbed Morse Oscillator (model Potential) |
| SMAW | Shielded Metal Arc Welding |
| SAMS | Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder |
| SMDE | Static Mercury Drop Electrode |
| RFETS | Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site |
| FECO | Fringes Of Equal Chromatic Order |
| MMLV | Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus |
| SF1 | Steroidogenic Factor 1 |