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Abbe may refer to:
People
- Cleveland Abbe (1818-1916), American meteorologist
- Cleveland Abbe, Jr. (1872-1934), American geographer
- Ernst Karl Abbe (1840-1916), German physicist
- James Abbe (1883-1975), American photographer
- Kenshiro Abbe (1916-1985), Japanese martial artist
- Robert Abbe (1851-1928), American surgeon and radiologist
- Truman Abbe (1873-1955), American surgeon
- Abbe Ibrahim (born 1986), Togolese soccer player
- Moe L'Abbé (born 1947), Canadian hockey player
- Abbe Lane (born 1932), American singer and actress
Places
- Abbe (crater), a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon
- Lake Abbe, African lake
Other
- Abbé, the French word for abbot
- Abbe condenser, a component of a microscope
- Abbe number, a measure of the material's optical dispersion
- Abbe prism, a type of constant deviation dispersive prism similar to a Pellin-Broca prism
- Abbe refractometer, a bench-top refractometer that offer the highest precision of the different types of refractometers
- Abbe sine condition, a condition that must be fulfilled by a lens or other optical system in order for it to produce sharp images of off-axis as well as on-axis objects
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