[计] 分辨能力

[ noun ]
the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together
<noun.phenomenon>

Resolution \Res`o*lu"tion\ (-l?"sh?n), n. [F. r['e]solution. L.
resolutio a loosening, solution. See {Resolve}.]
1. The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically:
(a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or
component parts.
(b) The act of analyzing a complex notion, or solving a
vexed question or difficult problem.

The unraveling and resolution of the
difficulties that are met with in the execution
of the design are the end of an action.
--Dryden.

2. The state of being relaxed; relaxation. [Obs.]

3. The state of being resolved, settled, or determined;
firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination.

Be it with resolution then to fight. --Shak.

4. That which is resolved or determined; a settled purpose;
determination. Specifically: A formal expression of the
opinion or will of an official body or a public assembly,
adopted by vote; as, a legislative resolution; the
resolutions of a public meeting.

5. The state of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought;
conviction; assurance. [Obs.]

Little resolution and certainty there is as touching
the islands of Mauritania. --Holland.

6. (Math.) The act or process of solving; solution; as, the
resolution of an equation or problem.

7. (Med.) A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of
a fever, a tumor, or the like.

8. (Mus.) The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord
by the rising or falling of the note which makes the
discord.

9. (Technical) The act of distinguishing between two close
but not identical objects, or, when taking a measurement,
bbetween two close values of the property measured.
[PJC]

10. (Technical) a measure of the ability to distinguish
between two close but not identical values of the
property being measured; it is expressed as the
difference in values of a property necessary to make such
a distinction; as, a microscope with a resolution of one
micron; a thermometer with a resolution of one-tenth of a
degree. Also called {resolving power}.
[PJC]

{Joint resolution}. See under {Joint}, a.

{Resolution of a force} or {Resolution of a motion} (Mech.),
the separation of a single force or motion into two or
more which have different directions, and, taken together,
are an equivalent for the single one; -- the opposite of
{composition of a force}.

{Resolution of a nebula} (Astron.), the exhibition of it to
the eye by a telescope of such power as to show it to be
composed of small stars.

Syn: Decision; analysis; separation; disentanglement;
dissolution; resolvedness; resoluteness; firmness;
constancy; perseverance; steadfastness; fortitude;
boldness; purpose; resolve. See {Decision}.