| WBMS | Wideband microwave spectroscopy |
| TD | Time-domain |
| FD | Frequency domain |
| m-sequence | Maximum length sequence |
| DM | Diabetes Mellitus |
| MS | Microwave spectroscopy |
| VNA | Vector network analyzer |
| MUT | Material under test |
| UWB | Ultra-wideband |
| DFT | Discrete Fourier Transform |
| FFT | Fast Fourier transform |
| ADC | Analog to digital converter |
| FMCW | Frequency modulated continuous wave |
| SRD | Step recovery diode |
| std | Standard deviation |
| RMSE | The root means square error |