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Abbe number

US/ˈɑ.bə ˈnʌm.bɚ/

Abbe number noun: a number that represents the reciprocal of the dispersive power of a substance with transparent qualities.

Noun

Abbe number (plural Abbe numbers)

  1. A number that represents the reciprocal of the dispersive power of a substance with transparent qualities.

Abbe number meaning in Tamil

Abbe number in Tamil

அபி எண்

Forms of Abbe number

pluralAbbe numbers

Origin of Abbe number

From the name of Ernst Abbe, a German physicist.

Questions about Abbe number

What does Abbe number mean?
Abbe number means a number that represents the reciprocal of the dispersive power of a substance with transparent qualities.
What is Abbe number in Tamil?
Abbe number in Tamil is அபி எண். See Abbe number meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Abbe number?
Abbe number is a noun.
How do you pronounce Abbe number?
Abbe number is pronounced /ˈɑ.bə ˈnʌm.bɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of Abbe number?
The plural of Abbe number is Abbe numbers.

Words near Abbe number in the dictionary

  1. abbaye
  2. abbayes
  3. abbe
  4. Abbe condenser
  5. Abbe condensers
  6. Abbe number
  7. Abbe numbers
  8. Abbe refractometer
  9. Abbe refractometers
  10. Abbe-Zeiss apparatus
  11. Abbe-Zeiss apparatuses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Abbe number (page history and authors); abbe number (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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