| Acronym | Meaning |
| CTIO | Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory |
| PIRR | Polarized IR Reflection |
| NITM | Normalized Irreducible Tensorial Matrix |
| LSR | Liquid Silicone Rubber |
| GLAD | Glancing Angle Deposition |
| TC-LIGS | Two-color Laser-induced Grating Spectroscopy |
| NK | Natural Killer |
| BRET | Breeder Reprocessing Engineering Test |
| LISA | Lander For Ion-selective Analysis |
| CWTC | Chemical Waste Transportation Council |