Physics Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. WYSIWYG
   What You See Is What You Get (pronounced Wizzy-wig. See Entry for Derived Acronyms)
2. WZI
   Waals-Zeeman Institute
3. WZW
   Wess-Zumino-Witten
4. XANES
   X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopy
5. XAS
   X-Ray Absorption
6. XBT
   expendable bathythermograph (oceanography)
7. XDB
   X-Ray Data Booklet
8. XF
   Extra Fine
9. XL
   eXpanding Limit
10. XLS
    Xenon Light Source
11. XMCD
    X-Ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism
12. XMLD
    X-Ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism
13. XP
    Extreme Pressure
14. XPOP
    X is Perpendicular to Orbit Plane
15. XPS
    X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
16. XPS
    X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
17. XQ
    X-ray Quantum
18. XQC
    X-Ray Quantum Calorimeter
19. XRD
    X-Ray Diffraction
20. XRF
    X-Ray Fluorescence

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