| Acronym | Meaning |
| SASS | Source Assessment Sampling System |
| PMF | Proton Motive Force |
| GSMO | Ground-state Molecular Orbital |
| RBS | Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry |
| MIPS | Munich Information Center For Protein Sequences |
| MEMOSA | Microelectromechanical Optical Sensor Array |
| CFM | Cubic Feet Per Minute |
| ECEC | European Center For Environmental Communication |
| CCLRC | Council For The Central Laboratory Of The Research Councils |
| NLM | Nonlinear Mapping |