Terms for subject Optics

German	English
Abbesche Abbildungstheorie	Abbe's theory of image formation
Abbesche Auflösungsgrenze	Abbe limit (to resolution)
Abbesche Beleuchtung	Abbe illumination (the source of light is imaged directly on the film gate)
Abbesche Invariante	Abbe's invariant
Abbesche Sinusbedingung	optical sine condition
Abbesche Sinusbedingung	Abbe's sine condition
Abbesche Theorie	Abbe's theory of image formation
Abbesche Theorie	Abbe theory of image formation
Abbesche Theorie der mikroskopischen Abbildung	Abbe theory of image formation in the microscope
Abbesche Zahl	Abbe v-number (reciprocal of the dispersive power)
Abbesche Zahl	dispersion number
Abbesche Zahl	V-value (the now prevalent designation)
Abbescher Kondensor	Abbe condenser (adjustable substage lens of a compound microscope)
Abbescher Kondensor	Abbe substage illuminator
Abbescher Mikroskopkondensor	Abbe substage illuminator
Abbescher Mikroskopkondensor	Abbe microscope condenser (adjustable substage lens of a compound microscope)
Abbesches Fokometer	Abbe focimeter (for measuring the focal length of the entire objective or of its lens elements)
Anwendung des Abbeschen Komparatorprinzips	adoption of the comparator principle (as defined by Abbe)
Glas mit kleiner Abbescher Zahl	glass of low v-value