| Acronym | Meaning |
| MSA | Mineralogical Society Of America |
| RSMR | Rayleigh Scattering Of Moessbauer Radiation |
| MVA | Muellverbrennungsanlage (German) Waste Incineration Plant |
| SR-CCD | Single Reference-CCD |
| VACSY | Variable-angle Correlation Spectroscopy |
| SPOT | Satellite Pour L'Observation De La Terre |
| AMIA | American Medical Informatics Association |
| GHCN | Global Historical Climatology Network |
| IGWMC | International Ground Water Modeling Center |
| MUSGE | Miniaturized Ultrathin Slab Gel Electrophoresis |