resolving power
noun
1
: the ability of an optical system to form distinguishable images of objects separated by small angular distances
2
: the ability of a photographic film or plate to reproduce the fine detail of an optical image
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web These Olympus 10x25 offer a great compromise between resolving power, weight, and price. 
Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2022 These Olympus 10x25 offer a great compromise between resolving power, weight, and price. Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2022 The mirror also proved to be twice as good as expected at detecting the shortest wavelengths of light, increasing the telescope’s resolving power. New York Times, 12 July 2022 These Olympus 10x25 offer a great compromise between resolving power, weight, and price. Scott Gilbertson, Wired, 12 Mar. 2022 Using a technique called very long baseline interferometry, the telescope achieves the resolving power of a telescope as big as the Earth. Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020 There is also an observatory on the 3-acre grounds, which houses a 14-inch reflector telescope that rivals Griffith Observatory in resolving power, the agents said. Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020 Strong clues indicate that the truly fundamental constituents of the universe lie at a distance scale 10 million billion times smaller than the resolving power of the LHC. Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2015 The giant telescope will have 10 times the resolving power of the Hubble Space Telescope, revealing distant galaxies, the birth of stars, and the compositions of exoplanet atmospheres—a key field of research in the search for extraterrestrial life. Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 14 Feb. 2018 See More
Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2022 These Olympus 10x25 offer a great compromise between resolving power, weight, and price. Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2022 The mirror also proved to be twice as good as expected at detecting the shortest wavelengths of light, increasing the telescope’s resolving power. New York Times, 12 July 2022 These Olympus 10x25 offer a great compromise between resolving power, weight, and price. Scott Gilbertson, Wired, 12 Mar. 2022 Using a technique called very long baseline interferometry, the telescope achieves the resolving power of a telescope as big as the Earth. Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2020 There is also an observatory on the 3-acre grounds, which houses a 14-inch reflector telescope that rivals Griffith Observatory in resolving power, the agents said. Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020 Strong clues indicate that the truly fundamental constituents of the universe lie at a distance scale 10 million billion times smaller than the resolving power of the LHC. Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2015 The giant telescope will have 10 times the resolving power of the Hubble Space Telescope, revealing distant galaxies, the birth of stars, and the compositions of exoplanet atmospheres—a key field of research in the search for extraterrestrial life. Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 14 Feb. 2018 See More Word History
First Known Use
1879, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
resolving power
noun
: the ability of an optical system to form distinguishable images of objects separated by small angular distances