| Acronym | Meaning |
| EGD | Evolved Gas Detection |
| TPE | Threshold Photoelectron |
| SPM | Scanning Proton Microprobe |
| OTTLE | Optically Transparent Thin-layer Electrode |
| PSRI | Planetary Sciences Research Institute |
| MITE | Miniature Inverted-repeat Transposable Element |
| PTS | Phosphotransferase System |
| FRS | Forced Rayleigh Scattering |
| EPCE-F2(SIGM | Effective Pair Correlation Energy Method With The Factor-two (f2) Approximation For Sigma-electron Systems |
| BMD | Bone Mineral Density |