| Acronym | Meaning |
| BWIP | Basalt Waste Isolation Project |
| IUTAM | International Union Of Theoretical And Applied Mechanics |
| ACWA | American Clean Water Association |
| SMM | Solar Maximum Mission |
| ACL | Alternative Concentration Level/limit |
| OMO | Office Of Meteorological Observations |
| PA | Position Angle |
| GAAS | Gallium Arsenide |
| SIFE | Second ISLSCP Field Experiment |
| THERMEX | Thermal Wave Experiment |