resolving power

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

resolution result definition solution settlement answer resolve declaration solvent resolving firmness resoluteness solving resolutions power of resolution
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Antonyms

pain points

Hypernyms

physical phenomenon

Examples

It is an old story in physics that higher resolving power leads to new effects. Edward Mills Purcell

Agarose gel has lower resolving power than polyacrylamide gel for DNA but has a greater range of separation, and is therefore used for DNA fragments of usually 50-20,000 bp in size. Source: Internet

Polyacrylamide gels are usually used for proteins, and have very high resolving power for small fragments of DNA (5-500 bp). Source: Internet

This comes at the cost of transmission, for example to distinguish Iron from Argon by take a resolving power of 10,000, which may reduce the Iron transmission by around 99%. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

resolving resolving capability resolving disputes resomation resomiid resonance