plural of Abbe number

A number that represents the reciprocal of the dispersive power of a substance with transparent qualities.

Alternative form of abb-wool

(weaving) Wool used to make yarn for the warp.

plural of abb wool

plural of Abbe-Zeiss apparatus

(medicine) A device for counting blood cells.

The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.

A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks.

A town and commune of the Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France. / A townland in Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. / A city, the county seat of Henry County, Alabama, United States.