| Acronym | Meaning |
| PIRU | Public Information Reference Unit |
| PCMI | Pellet Cladding Mechanical Interaction |
| RDS | Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
| CISA | Continuum Intermediate-state Approxn. (for Scattering) |
| GALE | Genesis Of Atlantic Lows Experiment |
| MONES | Molecular Nonthermal Excitation Spectrometry |
| ADXPS | Angular Dependent X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| SCAN | Silica-coated Aluminum Nitride |
| TCS | Target Current Spectroscopy |
| ELOG | Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth |