Zeiss or Zeiß may refer to:
People
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Carl Zeiss
Carl Zeiss (; 11 September 1816 – 3 December 1888) was a German scientific instrument maker, optician and businessman. In 1846 he founded his workshop, which is still in business as Zeiss (company), Zeiss. Zeiss gathered a group of gifted p ...
(1816–1888), German optician and entrepreneur
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Emil Zeiß
Emil Zeiß (2 July 1833 – 14 April 1910) was a German Protestant minister and painter. His body of work includes 33 sketchbooks and 1092 identified individual works, largely donated by his son to the Lippe Museum.
Life
Zeiß was born in th ...
(1833–1910), German Protestant minister and painter
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Juan Pablo Zeiss (born 1989), Argentine rugby union player
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Mary Zeiss Stange (1950–2024), American academic
Companies
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Carl Zeiss Foundation
The Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung (Carl Zeiss Foundation), legally located in Heidenheim an der Brenz and Jena, Germany, and with its administrative headquarters in Stuttgart, is the sole shareholder of the two companies Carl Zeiss AG and Schott AG. It wa ...
, holding company for several Zeiss companies
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Carl Zeiss Meditec
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG is a multinational medical technology company and subsidiary of Carl Zeiss AG. It manufactures tools for eye examinations and medical lasers as well as solutions for neurosurgery, dentistry, gynecology and oncology. Among i ...
AG, a Zeiss subsidiary
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Carl Zeiss SMT, a Zeiss subsidiary
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Schott AG
Schott AG is a German multinational glass company specializing in the manufacture of glass and glass-ceramics. Headquartered in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, it is owned by the Carl Zeiss foundation, Carl Zeiss Foundation. The company's ...
, a Zeiss subsidiary
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Zeiss (company)
Zeiss ( ; ) is a German manufacturer of optics, 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 foundation for tod ...
, German manufacturer of optics, industrial measurements and medical devices founded by Carl Zeiss
Institutions and organizations
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Carl-Zeiss-Gymnasium Jena
The Carl-Zeiss-Gymnasium Jena is a state-funded German elite gymnasium school (grammar school) teaching highly gifted students in the fields of math, science, and technology. Before changing its profile to fully focus on these aspects, it was ...
, 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. Founded in 1903, it was initially associated with the optics manufacturer Carl Zeiss. From the 1960s to the 1980s it was one of the top-ranked clubs in East Germany, won ...
, football club founded in 1903 by workers at Carl Zeiss optics company
Technologies
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Zeiss formula
In photographic optics, the Zeiss formula is a supposed formula for computing a circle of confusion (CoC) criterion for depth of field (DoF) calculations. The formula is c = d/1730, where d is the diagonal measure of a camera format, film, sens ...
, a formula for depth of field calculations.
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Zeiss projector
A Zeiss projector is one of a line of planetarium projectors manufactured by the Carl Zeiss AG, Carl Zeiss Company.
Main models include Copernican (1924), Model I (1925), Model II (1926), Model III (1957), Model IV (1957), Model V (1965), M ...
, 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
Carl Zeiss (; 11 September 1816 – 3 December 1888) was a German scientific instrument maker, optician and businessman. In 1846 he founded his workshop, whi ...
, 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. It was notable for its relatively light weight, simple design and fast aperture.
Naming
The name "Sonnar" is derived from t ...
, a photographic lens patented by the Zeiss company in 1924
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Zeiss Tessar
The ''Tessar'' is a photographic lens design conceived by the German physicist Dr. Paul Rudolph in 1902 while he worked at the Zeiss optical company and patented by Zeiss in Germany; the lens type is usually known as the Zeiss ''Tessar''. Sinc ...
, 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 opt ...
, an S-type asteroid named for Carl Zeiss
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Zeiss (comics)
Colby Zag
Zale
Zan
Zaneth
Zara
William Zard
Zatanna
Zatara
Zachary Zatara
Zauriel
David Zavimbe
Zebra-Man
Lori Zechlin
Leon Zeiko
Zeiss
Philo Zeiss is a mercenary, contract killer and bodyguard, sursurgically enhanced ...
, DC Comics villain
See also
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Zeis (disambiguation)
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