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English
Etymology
Named for the German physicist Ernst Abbe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑ.bə kənˈdɛn.sə(ɹ)/
- (US, anglicised) IPA(key): /ˈæ.bi kənˈdɛn.səɹ/
Noun
Abbe condenser (plural Abbe condensers)
- A condenser composed of two lenses which concentrates and controls the light which passes through an examined specimen before that light enters the objective of a microscope, used to obtain high levels of magnification.[1]
References
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN)