| Subject | English | German |
| anal.chem. | reference solution | Vergleichslösung (in spectrophotometry) |
| anal.chem. | reference solution | Bezugslösung (in spectrophotometry) |
| chem. | reference solution | Referenzloesung |
| tech. | reference solution | Vergleichslösung |
| opt. | reference solution | geeichte Lösung |
| anal.chem. | standard reference solution | Vergleichsstandardlösung (in titrimetric analysis) |