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resolving power
noun
- 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.
resolving power
noun
- Also calledresolution 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
Word History and Origins
Origin of resolving power1
Example Sentences
Collectively, the telescopes had the resolving power of a single mirror as wide as the distance between them — an effectively Earth-size telescope.
The resolving power of the interferometer is found to be somewhat more than double that of a telescope of the same aperture.
It 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.
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