Zeiss or Zeiß may refer to:
People
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Carl Zeiss (1816–1888), German optician and entrepreneur
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Emil Zeiß (1833–1910), German Protestant minister and painter
Companies
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Carl Zeiss AG
Carl Zeiss AG (), branded as ZEISS, is a German manufacturer of optical systems and optoelectronics, founded in Jena, Germany in 1846 by optician Carl Zeiss. Together with Ernst Abbe (joined 1866) and Otto Schott (joined 1884) he laid the f ...
, German manufacturer of optics, industrial measurements and medical devices founded by Carl Zeiss
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Carl Zeiss Foundation, holding company for several Zeiss companies
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Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, a Zeiss subsidiary
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Carl Zeiss SMT, a Zeiss subsidiary
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Schott AG, a Zeiss subsidiary
Institutions and organizations
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Carl-Zeiss-Gymnasium Jena a School in Jena, Germany.
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FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia. Formed in 1903 and initially associated with the Carl Zeiss AG factory, they were one of the strongest clubs in East Germany from the 1960s to the 1980s, winning the DDR-Obe ...
, football club founded in 1903 by workers at Carl Zeiss optics company
Technologies
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Zeiss formula, a formula for depth of field calculations.
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Zeiss projector, a line of planetarium projectors manufactured by one of the Zeiss companies
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Zeiss Planar
The Zeiss Planar is a photographic lens designed by Paul Rudolph at Carl Zeiss in 1896. Rudolph's original was a six-element symmetrical design.
While very sharp, early versions of the lens suffered from flare due to its many air-to-glass surf ...
, a photographic lens patented by the Zeiss company in 1896
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Zeiss Sonnar
The Zeiss Sonnar is a photographic lens originally designed by Dr. Ludwig Bertele in 1929 and patented by Zeiss Ikon.Deutsche Patent 530843, 1929-08-14 It was notable for its relatively light weight, simple design and fast aperture.
The name ...
, a photographic lens patented by the Zeiss company in 1924
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Zeiss Tessar, a photographic lens patented by the Zeiss company in 1902
Other uses
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851 Zeissia
851 Zeissia is an S-type asteroid background asteroid from the inner region of the asteroid belt. Its diameter is about 12 km and it has an albedo of 0.2646 . Its rotation period is 9.34 hours.
The asteroid is named after the German opticia ...
, an S-type asteroid named for Carl Zeiss
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Zeiss (comics)
The Batman family enemies are a collection of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. These characters are depicted as adversaries of the superhero Batman and his allies.
Since Batman first appeared in ''Detectiv ...
, DC Comics villain
See also
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Zeis (disambiguation) Zeis may refer to:
*Adam Zeis (born 1978), American writer and podcaster
* Gland of Zeis sebaceous gland located on the margin of the eyelid
*Eduard Zeis
Eduard Zeis (1 October 1807 – 28 June 1868) was a German surgeon and ophthalmologist born ...
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