WLS may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

WLS (AM) WLS (890 kHz) is a commercial AM broadcasting, AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Cumulus Media, through licensee Radio License Holdings LLC, the station airs a talk radio format. WLS studios are in the NBC Tower on North Columbus D ...

, a radio station in Chicago, Illinois, US *

WLS-FM WLS-FM (94.7 MHz) is a commercial classic hits radio station licensed to serve Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Cumulus Media, the station serves the Chicago metropolitan area, and is the radio home of Dave Fogel. The WLS-FM studios are located a ...

, a radio station in Chicago, Illinois, US *

WLS-TV WLS-TV (channel 7) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, serving as the market's ABC network outlet. It has been owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division since the station's inception. ...

, a television station in Chicago, Illinois, US *

DWLS DWLS (97.1 FM), broadcasting as Barangay LS 97.1, is a radio station owned and operated by GMA Network. It serves as the flagship station of Barangay FM. The station's studio is located at the 3rd floor of GMA Network Studio Annex, GMA Netw ...

, a radio station in Metro Manila, Philippines

Biology and healthcare

GPR177 Protein wntless homolog, commonly known as Wntless, is encoded in humans by the ''WLS'' gene. Wntless is a receptor for Wnt proteins in Wnt-secreting cells. Wntless was shown to be a cargo for the retromer complex. It has been found essential f ...

, Wntless, or WLS, a human gene *

Weight loss surgery Bariatric surgery (also known as metabolic surgery or weight loss surgery) is a surgical procedure used to manage obesity and obesity-related conditions. Long term weight loss with bariatric surgery may be achieved through alteration of gut ho ...

Computing and technology

Oracle WebLogic Server Oracle Fusion Middleware (FMW, also known as Fusion Middleware) consists of several software products from Oracle Corporation. FMW spans multiple services, including Java EE and developer tools, integration services, business intelligence, co ...

, a Java application server *

White light scanner A white light scanner (WLS) is a device for performing surface height measurements of an object using coherence scanning interferometry ( CSI) with spectrally-broadband, "white light" illumination. Different configurations of scanning interferome ...

, for measuring surface height *

Wavelength shifter A wavelength shifter is a photofluorescent material that absorbs higher frequency photons and emits lower frequency photons. The material absorbs one photon, and emits one or multiple lower-energy photons. The relaxation time of the excited molecul ...

, material that absorbs a wavelength and emits another

Other uses

Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary (WLS) is a post-secondary school that trains men to become pastors for the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). It is located in Mequon, Wisconsin. The campus consists of 22 buildings, including a library that ...

, US *WLS, the Chapman code for

Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...

Weighted least squares Weighted least squares (WLS), also known as weighted linear regression, is a generalization of ordinary least squares and linear regression in which knowledge of the unequal variance of observations (''heteroscedasticity'') is incorporated into ...

, in statistics *

West London Synagogue The West London Synagogue, abbreviated WLS, and fully the West London Synagogue of British Jews () is a Reform Judaism, Reform Judaism, Jewish congregation and synagogue, located near Marble Arch, at 34 Upper Berkeley Street, in the City of Wes ...

Westchester Library System Westchester Library System (WLS) is the library system for the residents of Westchester County, New York. It was established in 1958. The system has 38 public libraries across the county and its headquarters are located in the town of Greenburg ...

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