Abney may refer to:
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Abney (surname) Abney is an English surname, which evolved in spelling from the surname D'Aubigny. The name originated from meaning "of" or "from" Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné (now in Ille-et-Vilaine department). Notable people with the surname include:
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, includes a list of people with the name
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Abney effect
The Abney effect or the purity-on-hue effect is the perception, perceived hue shift that occurs when white light is additive color, added to a spectral color, monochromatic light source.
The addition of white light will cause a desaturation of th ...
, a colour-related phenomenon
Places
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Abney, Derbyshire
Abney (Old English ''Abba's Island'') is a village in the parish of Abney and Abney Grange in the English county of Derbyshire. The settlement was mentioned as ''Habenai'' in the Domesday book of 1086. It was recorded as ''Abbeneia'', ''Abbeney( ...
, a village in the county of Derbyshire, England
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Abney, West Virginia
Abney is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The ...
, a locality in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States
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Abney Grange Abney may refer to:
* Abney (surname), includes a list of people with the name
* Abney effect, a colour-related phenomenon
Places
* Abney, Derbyshire, a village in the county of Derbyshire, England
* Abney, West Virginia, a locality in Raleigh Cou ...
, a village in the county of
Derbyshire
Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...
, England
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Abney Park
Abney Park is in Stoke Newington, London, England. It is a park dating from just before 1700, named after Lady Abney, the wife of Sir Thomas Abney, Lord Mayor of London in 1700 and one of the first directors of the Bank of England and associa ...
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Abney Hall
Abney Hall is a Victorian house surrounded by a park in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England, () built in 1847. It is a Grade II* listed building.
History
Early history
The foundations of the hall were laid in 1842 on the site of Cheadle Gr ...
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Abney and Abney Grange
Abney and Abney Grange is a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. It covers the villages of Abney and Abney Grange.
Notable residents
William Newton, poet, was born near Abney at Cockey Farm.Dictionary of Nati ...
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Topographic Abney level
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