Abbe number
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the name of Ernst Abbe, a German physicist.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑ.bə ˈnʌm.bɚ/, /ˈæ.bi ˈnʌm.bɚ/
Noun[edit]
Abbe number (plural Abbe numbers)
- A number that represents the reciprocal of the dispersive power of a substance with transparent qualities.
References[edit]
- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “Abbe number”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.