| Acronym | Meaning |
| PCD | Photoconductive Decay |
| MTBE | Methyl Tert Butyl Ether (gasoline Additive) |
| ALE | Atmospheric Lifetime Experiment |
| MBH | Mediobasal Hypothalamus |
| DRIS | Double Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy |
| P-T-T-D | Pressure-temperature-time-deformation Path (for Metamorphic Rocks) |
| ILWAS | Integrated Lake Water Acidification Study |
| EARISS | Energy And Angle Resolved Ion Scattering Spectroscopy |
| ERBE | Earth Radiation Budget Experiment |
| GSGG | Gallium Scandium Gadolinium Garnet |