| Acronym | Meaning |
| CELSS | Controlled Ecological Life Support System |
| SSME | Space Shuttle Main Engine |
| SOGVB | Strongly-orthogonal Generalized Valence-bond (wave Function) |
| WAT | White Adipose Tissue |
| THM | Traveling Heater Method |
| SOTE | Standard Oxygen Transfer Efficiency (of Aeration Diffusers) |
| SLT | Standard Leaching Test |
| CDFT | Chemical-density-functional Theory |
| PKC | Protein Kinase C |
| EFM | Electric Force Microscopy |