Abbe
# Abbe

Abbe may refer to:

## People

* Abbe (name)

## Places

* Abbe (crater), a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon
* Lake Abbe, African lake
* Abbe Falls, waterfalls in India

## Other uses

* Abbé, the French word for abbot
* Abbe condenser, a component of a microscope
* Abbe lip switch, a method of lip reconstruction
* Abbe number, a measure of the material's optical dispersion
* Abbe prism, a type of constant deviation dispersive prism similar to a Pellin–Broca prism
* Abbe refractometer, a bench-top refractometer that offers the highest precision of the different types of refractometers
* Abbe sine condition, a condition that must be fulfilled by a lens or other optical system in order for it to produce sharp images of off-axis as well as on-axis objects
* Abbe Creek School, historical school house in Iowa
