Abbe may refer to:
People
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Abbe (name) Abbe is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
* Caroline Abbé (born 1988), Swiss footballer
*Cleveland Abbe (1838–1916), American meteorologist
* Cleveland Abbe Jr. (1872–1934), American geographer
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Places
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Abbe (crater)
Abbe is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It is located just to the south of the crater Hess, and lies to the east of the large walled basin Poincaré. It is named after the Germa ...
, a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon
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Lake Abbe
Lake Abbe, also known as Lake Abhe Bad, is a salt lake, lying on the Ethiopia-Djibouti border. It is one of a chain of six connected lakes, which also includes (from north to south) lakes Gargori, Laitali, Gummare, Bario and Afambo. The lake i ...
, African lake
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Abbe Falls, waterfalls in India
Other uses
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Abbé, the French word for abbot
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Abbe condenser
A condenser is an optical lens which renders a divergent beam from a point source into a parallel or converging beam to illuminate an object.
Condensers are an essential part of any imaging device, such as microscopes, enlargers, slide project ...
, a component of a microscope
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Abbe lip switch, a method of lip reconstruction
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Abbe number
In optics and lens design, the Abbe number, also known as the V-number or constringence of a transparent material, is an approximate measure of the material's dispersion (change of refractive index versus wavelength), with high values of ''V'' in ...
, a measure of the material's optical dispersion
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Abbe prism, a type of constant deviation dispersive prism similar to a Pellin–Broca prism
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Abbe refractometer
An Abbe refractometer is a bench-top device for the high-precision measurement of an Refractive index, index of refraction.
Details
Ernst Abbe (1840–1905), working for Carl Zeiss AG in Jena, Germany in the late 19th century, was the first ...
, a bench-top refractometer that offers the highest precision of the different types of refractometers
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Abbe sine condition
The Abbe sine condition is a condition that must be fulfilled by a lens or other optical system in order for it to produce sharp images of off-axis as well as on-axis objects. It was formulated by Ernst Abbe in the context of microscopes.
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, a condition that must be fulfilled by a lens or other optical system in order for it to produce sharp images of off-axis as well as on-axis objects
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Abbe Creek School
The historic Abbe Creek School is a one-room schoolhouse museum located one mile west of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, on E48. It is believed to be the oldest standing one room brick schoolhouse in Iowa.Booklet prepared by Linn County Historical Museum The s ...
, historical school house in Iowa
See also
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L'Abbé (disambiguation)
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