| Acronym | Meaning |
| QSO | Quasistellar Objects |
| SMOC | Standard Mean Ocean Chloride |
| LDS | Linear Dichroism Spectrometry |
| LSIRD | Lunar Scout Infrared Detector |
| FBS | Fetal Bovine Serum |
| NIWA | National Institute For Water And Atm. Research [New Zealand] |
| SFR | Star Formation Rate |
| MERIE | Magnetically Enhanced Reactive Ion Etching |
| TBW | Total Body Weight |
| FICVS | Flow-injection Cathodic Stripping Voltammetry |