| Subject | English | German |
| opt. | Abbe's comparator principle | Komparatorprinzip nach Abbe |
| earth.sc., life.sc. | Abbe's comparator principle | Abbesches Komparatorprinzip |
| opt. | adoption of the comparator principle | Anwendung des Abbeschen Komparatorprinzips (as defined by Abbe) |
| phys. | comparator principle | Komparatorprinzip (von Abbe, of Abbe) |
| opt. | comparator principle | Komparatorprinzip (as defined by Abbe) |
| microel. | die comparator principle | Chipkomparatorprinzip |