| Acronym | Meaning |
| MPN | Most Probable Number |
| RNAI | RNA Interference |
| EID | Electron Impact Desorption |
| FESTEM | Field-emission Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| CCOSM | Chemistry And Circulation Occultation Spectroscopy Mission |
| UCST | Upper Critical Solution Temperature |
| NIPALS | Nonlinear Iterative Partial Least Squares |
| SFC | Supercritical Fluid Chromatography |
| DME | Dropping Mercury Electrode |
| FGEF | Federal Geographic Encoding Format |