| Acronym | Meaning |
| PSZ | Partially-stabilized Zirconia |
| DCTS | Discharging Current Transient Spectroscopy |
| NAI | Neutral Atom Imaging (astronomical Plasmas) |
| SXRFMA | Synchrotron X-ray-fluorescence Microanalysis |
| ADPD | Angular-dependent Photoelectron Diffraction |
| AIRS | Atmospheric Information Retrieval System |
| BSH | Bile Salt Hydrolase |
| LONEOS | Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search |
| MESQUAC-MO | Mixed Electrostatic Quantum Chemical Calculation-MO |
| MAXI | Monitor Of All-sky X-ray Image |