resolving power

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsresolution

   Broaderphysical phenomenon

Questions about resolving power

What does resolving power mean?

resolving power means "the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together".

What is another word for resolving power?

Close synonyms include resolution. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is resolving power a common word?

resolving power is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.