| Acronym | Meaning |
| SAGA | Soviet American Gas And Aerosol Experiment |
| RFE | Relaxor Ferroelectrics |
| RKKR-GF | Relativistic Koringa-Kohn-Rostoker Green Function |
| MOT | Magnetooptical Trap |
| HGMS | High Gradient Magnetic Separation (for Water Treatment) |
| DIGE | Deuteron Induced Gamma-ray Emission |
| MSK | Muscular-skeletal Effects |
| GITXRF | Glancing Incidence And Takeoff X-ray Fluorescence |
| OEO | Overlap-enhanced Orbital |
| DMU | WOCE Data Management Unit (USA) (now Part Of DIU) |