Medical Definition of Abbe limit

1. Ernst Abbe's specification for the limit of resolution of a diffraction-limited micro-scope. According to Abbe, a detail with a particular spacing in the specimen is resolved when the numerical aperture of the objective lens is large enough to capture the first-order diffraction pattern produced by the detail at the wavelength employed. See: Rayleigh criterion, Sparrow limit. (05 Aug 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abbe Limit

Abañeeme
Abañeemes
Abbadid
Abbadids
Abbas
Abbasi
Abbasid
Abbe's condenser
Abbe's law of limiting resolution
Abbe apertometre
Abbe condenser
Abbe condensers
Abbe flap
Abbe limit (current term)
Abbe operation
Abbe refractometer
Abbe refractometers
Abbe substage apparatus
Abbe test plate
Abbe theory of image formation
Abbeville
Abbevillean
Abbevillian
Abbeystead
Abbi
Abbie
Abbot-Miller tube

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