| Acronym | Meaning |
| SMILI | Superconducting Magnet Instrument For Light Isotopes |
| TGF | Transforming Growth Factor |
| PDEIS | Preliminary Draft Environmental Impact Statement |
| DSS | Deep Seismic Sounding |
| CALCOFI | California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations |
| NRMPI | Non-resonant Multiphoton Ionization |
| SEDOR | Spin-echo Double Resonance |
| TRI-US | Toxic Release Inventory-User Support |
| EIM | Eddy Interaction Model |
| XAPS | X-ray Appearance Potential Spectroscopy |