resolving power
Optics. the ability of an optical device to produce separate images of close objects.
Photography. the degree to which a lens or photographic emulsion is able to define the details of an image.
Origin of resolving power
1Words Nearby resolving power
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How to use resolving power in a sentence
Collectively, the telescopes had the resolving power of a single mirror as wide as the distance between them — an effectively Earth-size telescope.
Quantum Double-Slit Experiment Offers Hope for Earth-Size Telescope | Thomas Lewton | May 5, 2021 | Quanta MagazineThe resolving power of the interferometer is found to be somewhat more than double that of a telescope of the same aperture.
Astronomy | David ToddIt is especially to be noticed that the resolving power does not depend directly upon the closeness of the ruling.
There is clearly no theoretical limit to the resolving power of gratings, even in spectra of given order.
The visibility of a star is a question of brightness simply, and has nothing to do with resolving power.
The resolving power and the width of the emergent beam fix the optical character of the instrument.
British Dictionary definitions for resolving power
Also called: resolution physics
the ability of a microscope, telescope, or other optical instrument to produce separate images of closely placed objects
the ability of a spectrometer to separate two adjacent peaks in a spectrum
photog the ability of an emulsion to show up fine detail in an image
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