Physics Abbreviations and Acronyms

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

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