| Acronym | Meaning |
| CLD | Certainly Lethal Dose |
| DELPHI | Detector With Lepton |
| FGAN | Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate |
| ISAMS | Improved Stratospheric And Mesospheric Sounder |
| TD | Transmembrane Distillation |
| BEW | Base (or Biological) Equivalent Weight |
| CNLSD | Condensation Nucleation Light Scattering Detection |
| ACC | 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic Acid |
| CITE | Chemical Instrumentation Test And Evaluation |
| NDR | Neg. Differential Resistance |