"resolving power" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: resolving powers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} resolving power (countable and uncountable, plural resolving powers)
  1. A quantitative measure of the ability of an optical instrument to produce separable images. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: angular resolution Translations (measure): erotuskyky (Finnish), pouvoir de résolution [masculine] (French), potere risolvente [masculine] (Italian), rozdzielczość [feminine] (Polish), разрешающая спосо́бность (razrešajuščaja sposóbnostʹ) (Russian), poder de resolución [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-resolving_power-en-noun-x4NM7dOM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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