Abbe may refer to:
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Abbe (name)
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Abbe (crater), a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon
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Lake Abbe, African lake
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Abbe Falls
Abbey Falls (also spelled Abbi Falls and Abbe Falls) ( kn, ಅಬ್ಬೆ ಜಲಪಾತ ) is a waterfall in Kodagu, in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. It is located 8 km from the Madikeri, 122 km from Mysore, 144&nbs ...
, waterfalls in India
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Abbé
''Abbé'' (from Latin ''abbas'', in turn from Greek , ''abbas'', from Aramaic ''abba'', a title of honour, literally meaning "the father, my father", emphatic state of ''abh'', "father") is the French word for an abbot. It is the title for lowe ...
, the French word for abbot
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Abbe condenser, a component of a microscope
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Abbe lip switch, a method of lip reconstruction
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Abbe number, a measure of the material's optical dispersion
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Abbe prism
In optics, an Abbe prism, named for its inventor, the German physicist Ernst Abbe, is a type of ''constant deviation dispersive prism'' similar to a Pellin–Broca prism.
Structure
The prism consists of a block of glass forming a right prism wi ...
, a type of constant deviation dispersive prism similar to a Pellin–Broca prism
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Abbe refractometer, a bench-top refractometer that offers the highest precision of the different types of refractometers
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Abbe sine condition, 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, historical school house in Iowa
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L'Abbé (disambiguation)
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