| Acronym | Meaning |
| COLTRIMS | Cold-target Recoil-ion-momentum Spectroscopy |
| BAMGAR | Barium Magnesium Germanate Garnet |
| OMNIS | Observatory For Multiflavor Neutrinos From Supernovae |
| FMAFSH | FeO-MgO-Al2O3-Fe2O3-SiO2-H2O System |
| NLMO | Nonorthogonal Localized Molecular Orbital |
| DRAM | Dynamic Random Access Memory |
| ECCLS | European Committee For Clinical Laboratory Standards |
| LNRS | Laser Nonresonant Shadowgraphy |
| CCD | Carbonate Compensation Depth |
| PDB | Peedee Belemnite |