Abbe condenser

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respellingbə, abē)


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Abbe condens′er  bə, abē),USA pronunciation 
  1. [Optics.]a combination of two or three lenses having a large aperture and used as a condenser for a compound microscope.
  • named after Ernst Abbe (1840–1905), German physicist

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