RESOLVING POWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does resolving power mean? 

• RESOLVING POWER (noun)
  The noun RESOLVING POWER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: RESOLVING POWER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESOLVING POWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

resolution; resolving power

Hypernyms ("resolving power" is a kind of...):

physical phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy)

 Context examples 

By joining this natural lens with the resolving power of Hubble, scientists were able to see into the center of the dead galaxy.

(Massive Dead Disk Galaxy Challenges Theories of Galaxy Evolution, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)