| Acronym | Meaning |
| MESA | Mass Concentration Extinction Size Analyzer |
| VIMS | Visible And IR Mapping Spectrometer |
| IDA | Iron Deficiency Anemia |
| EIS | Electron Impact Spectroscopy |
| BLS | Brillouin Light Scattering |
| RFID | Radio-frequency Identification |
| VLSI | Very Large-scale Integration |
| HCN | US Historical Climatology Network |
| CADE | Computer Aided Deposit Evaluation |
| MEPED | Medium Energy Proton & Electron Detector |