| Acronym | Meaning |
| TACT | Trans Alaska Crustal Transect |
| DSW | Dirac Scattered-wave (often As SCF-X(alpha)-DSW Method) |
| OSTL | Optically Stimulated Thermoluminescence |
| PBM | Photochem. Box Model |
| IOS | Infinite Order Sudden Approximation |
| BATNEEC | Best Available Technology Not Entailing Excessive Cost |
| AMMA | Acrylonitrile-methyl Methacrylate Copolymer |
| SEE | Space Environment And Effects |
| BCSLN | Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer-Lipkin-Nogami (model In Calcns. On Molecules With Quantum Field Theory) |
| HPML | High-pressure Mercury Lamp |