resolving power

Definitions

Computing

• noun a measurement of the ability of an optical system to detect fine black lines on a white background, given as the number of lines per millimetre

Electronics

• In spectroscopy, the ability to separate or differentiate between measured parameters of nearly equal magnitude or value. For example, the separation of particles with nearly identical mass by a mass spectrometer, or the differentiation of spectral lines of nearly equal wavelength by a spectroscope.
• synonymresolution

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Contexts for “resolving power”

3 definitions in context
• Computing
• Electronics