| Acronym | Meaning |
| GSMT | Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope |
| CSHIB | Chemical Safety And Hazard Investigation Board |
| SPEMC-SCF | Selected Paired Excitational Expansion Multiconfiguration-SCF |
| BOC | Bond-order Conservation (model In Calcns. On Reactions) |
| RISE | Radiative Inputs From Sun To Earth |
| RGA | Residual Gas Analysis |
| RVLM | Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla |
| ICAP | Inductively Coupled Argon Plasma |
| RICM | Reflection Interference Contrast Microscopy |
| SC-1 | Standard Clean Solution #1 |