Ernst Abbe
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Ernst Abbe
A German mathematician and physicist (1840–1905), professor at Jena, and inventor of optic devices at Zeiss. He is associated with the Abbe limit and the Abbe theory of image formation.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.