Abbe number
the reciprocal of the dispersive power of a substance.
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emmanuel joseph [e-ma-ny-el zhaw-zef] /ɛ ma nüˈɛl ʒɔˈzɛf/ (show ipa), (“abbé sieyès”) 1748–1836, french priest and revolutionist. historical examples it is not to him, but to the abbe sieyes, that i address this chapter. the writings of thomas paine, volume ii thomas paine like the abbe sieyes, mr. paine had completely mastered the science of […]
- Sieyes
emmanuel joseph [e-ma-ny-el zhaw-zef] /ɛ ma nüˈɛl ʒɔˈzɛf/ (show ipa), (“abbé sieyès”) 1748–1836, french priest and revolutionist. historical examples sieyes was very busy reading his prayers, and, for a few moments, he did not perceive their departure. harper’s new monthly magazine, no. xxiii.–april, 1852.–vol. iv. various the council of ancients was to be brought around […]
- Abbes
a member of the secular clergy. a t-tle of respect for any ecclesiastic or clergyman. historical examples the abbes and the bishops and the priests are alike distrustful and hostile. a heroine of france evelyn everett-green the secret of the lesbians was only employed, however, by the abbes and the castrata. the memoires of casanova, […]
- Abbevillian
of, relating to, or typical of an early lower paleolithic industry of the middle pleistocene epoch in europe, characterized by the manufacture of large flakes and hand axes; ch-llean. noun the period represented by lower palaeolithic european sites containing the earliest hand axes, dating from the mindel glaciation see also acheulian adjective of or relating […]
- Abbey theatre
a theater in dublin -ssociated with the irish national theatre society (founded 1901) and the dramas of synge, yeats, and lady gregory. historical examples in 1910 the abbey theatre was bought from her by public subscription. one-act plays various mr. lennox robinson, like most of the abbey theatre dramatists, has chosen to write about the […]