| Acronym | Meaning |
| NPY | Neuropeptide Y |
| DET | Direct Nonradiative Electronic Energy Transfer |
| SAED | Selected Area Electron Diffraction |
| DWDM | Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing |
| ECOSP | Environmental Cleanup Objectives Standard Procedures |
| SMART-1 | Small Missions For Advanced Research In Technology-1 |
| SFS | Sum-frequency Spectroscopy |
| PTD | Photothermal Deflection |
| ESES | Environmental Sampling Expert System |
| CVAAS | Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrometry |