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Definition of Resolving power

1. Noun. The ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together.

Definition of Resolving power

1. Noun. a quantitative measure of the ability of an optical instrument to produce separable images ¹

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Medical Definition of Resolving power

1. 1. The resolution of an optical system defines the closest proximity of two objects that can be seen as two distinct regions of the image. This limit depends upon the Numerical Aperture of the optical system, the contrast step between objects and background and the shape of the objects. The often quoted Airy limit applies only to self luminous discs. 2. The smallest map distance measurable by an experiment involving a certain number of classified recombinant progency. (10 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Resolving power

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1. A Handbook of Physics Measurements by Ervin Sidney Ferry, Oscar William Silvey, George William Sherman, David Christie Duncan (1918)
"A Study of the resolving power of a Telescope Theory of the Experiment. — Read Arts. 36 and 37. When the images of two object points can be distinguished as ..."

2. A Handbook of Physics Measurements by Ervin Sidney Ferry, Oscar William Silvey, George William Sherman, David Christie Duncan (1918)
"A Study of the resolving power of a Telescope Theory of the Experiment. — Read Arts. 36 and 37. When the images of two object points can be distinguished as ..."

3. A Handbook of Physics Measurements by Ervin Sidney Ferry, Oscar William Silvey, George William Sherman, David Christie Duncan (1918)
"A Study of the resolving power of a Telescope Theory of the Experiment. — Read Arts. 36 and 37. When the images of two object points can be distinguished as ..."

4. Scientific Papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh (1899)
"ON THE RESOLVING-POWER OF TELESCOPES. [Philosophical Magazine, X. pp. ... The object, on which the resolving-power of the telescope is tested, ..."

5. An Introduction to the Theory of Optics by Sir Arthur Schuster (1904)
"The superiority of gratings over prisms as regards resolving power is shown by ... To produce with prisms a spectroscope of resolving power equal to that of ..."

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