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- W and Z bosonsBosons that mediate the weak interaction
- Wahlquist fluidIn general relativity, the Wahlquist fluid is an exact rotating perfect fluid solution to
- Walter de HeerDutch physicist (born 1949)
- Walter Guyton CadyAmerican physicist and electrical engineer
- Warm glassWarm glass or kiln-formed glass is the working of glass, usually for artistic purposes, by
- Warren SiegelAmerican quantum physicist
- Water-repellent glassWater-repellent glass (WRG) is a transparent coating film fabricated onto glass, enabling
- WaveDynamic disturbance in a medium or field
- Wave equationDifferential equation for the description of waves or standing wave
- Wave functionMathematical description of quantum state
- Wave function collapseProcess by which a quantum system takes on a definitive state
- Wave impedanceThe wave impedance of an electromagnetic wave is the ratio of the transverse components of
- Wave interferencePhenomenon resulting from the superposition of two waves
- Wave packetShort "burst" or "envelope" of restricted wave action that travels as a unit
- Wave turbulenceIn continuum mechanics, wave turbulence is a set of nonlinear waves deviated far from ther
- Wave vectorVector describing a wave; often its propagation direction
- Wave–particle dualityConcept in quantum mechanics
- WaveformShape and form of a signal
- WavefrontLocus of points at equal phase in a wave
- Waveguide (radio frequency)Hollow metal pipe used to carry radio waves
- WavelengthDistance over which a wave's shape repeats
- WavenumberSpatial frequency of a wave
- Weak hyperchargeAbelian charge found in electroweak theory
- Weak interactionInteraction between subatomic particles
- Weak isospinQuantum number related to the weak interaction
- Weakly interacting massive particleHypothetical particles that may constitute dark matter
- WearDamaging, gradual removal or deformation of material at solid surfaces
- Web colorsColor used in designing web pages
- Weighing scaleInstrument to measure the weight of an object
- WeightForce on a mass due to gravity
- Weighting filterA weighting filter is used to emphasize or suppress some aspects of a phenomenon compared
- WeightlessnessAbsence of the sensation of weight
- Welding power supplyA welding power supply is a device that provides or modulates an electric current to perfo
- WettingAbility of a liquid to maintain contact with a solid surface
- Weyl metricsClass of solutions to Einstein's field equation
- Weyl–Lewis–Papapetrou coordinatesIn general relativity, the Weyl–Lewis–Papapetrou coordinates are used in solutions to the
- Wheeler–DeWitt equationField equation from quantum gravity
- Wheeler–Feynman absorber theoryInterpretation of electrodynamics
- WhiteLightest color
- White holeHypothetical object of spacetime
- White noiseType of signal in signal processing
- White's illusionWhite's illusion is a brightness illusion in which certain stripes of a black-and-white gr
- Wick's theoremTheorem for reducing high-order derivatives
- Wien approximationLaw of physics
- Wien's displacement lawRelation between peak wavelengths of black body radiation and temperature
- Wightman axiomsAxiomatization of quantum field theory
- Wilkins LectureThe Wilkins Lecture was a lecture organised by the Royal Society of London on the subject
- Willem de SitterDutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (1872–1934)
- William AstburyEnglish biochemist
- William CoblentzAmerican physicist
- William DuddellWilliam Du Bois Duddell (1 July 1872, in Kensington, London – 4 November 1917, in Wandswor
- William E. GordonAmerican astronomer
- William Eccles (physicist)English physicist (1875–1966)
- William ProutWilliam Prout FRS (; 15 January 1785 – 9 April 1850) was an English chemist, physician, an
- Willy FischlerBelgian theoretical physicist
- Wind tunnelMachine used for studying the effects of air moving around objects
- WindshieldFront window of vehicle
- Wine glassType of glass for drinking wine, most often stemware
- Winston H. BostickAmerican physicist
- Wire chamberProportional counter that detects charged particles and photons
- WKB approximationSolution method for linear differential equations
- Władysław Świątecki (physicist)Polish physicist
- Wolfgang KundtWolfgang Kundt (born 3 June 1931 in Hamburg) is a German astrophysicist. He studied Theore
- Women in physicsThis article discusses women who have made an important contribution to the field of physi
- Wood grainAlignment and texture of the fibres in wood
- Work (electric field)Energy transfer by a charged particle
- Work (physics)Process of energy transfer to an object via force application through displacement
- Work (thermodynamics)Type of energy transfer
- World linePath of an object through spacetime
- World Science FestivalThe World Science Festival is an annual science festival hosted by the World Science Found
- World Year of Physics 2005Physics celebration honoring Einstein's contributions
- Wu experiment1956 nuclear physics experiment on weak force parity conservation
