| Acronym | Meaning |
| G6PD | Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase |
| SIRTF | Space Infrared Telescope Facility |
| AIAA | American Institute Of Aeronautics And Astronautics |
| MIR | Multiple Internal Reflection |
| MSA | Many-trajectory Semiclassical Approxn. (in At.-collision Theory) |
| BPDA | 3,3',4,4'-biphenyltetracarboxylic Dianhydride |
| ELG | Emission-line Galaxy |
| HDT | Heat Deflection Temperature |
| ENAC | Energetic Neutral Atom Camera |
| COP | Crystal Originated Particle |