| Acronym | Meaning |
| HIERDA | Heavy Ion Elastic Recoil Detection Analysis |
| LPIN | Lipoprotein Ice Nucleator |
| ICRU | International Commission On Radiation Units And Measurements |
| NBS | Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome |
| SOP | Split-operator Propagator |
| EBM | Electron Beam Melting |
| SEE | Space Environment And Effects |
| SAR | Structure-Activity Relationship |
| PRF | Pulse Repetition Frequency |
| LEED | Low-energy Electron Diffraction |