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a. A measure of the ability of individual components, and of
remote-sensing systems, to distinguish detail or to define closely spaced
targets. AGI
b. The minimum size of a feature that can be detected.
See also: resolving power
c. The separation of a vector into its components. AGI
d. The sharpness with which the images of two closely adjacent spectrum
lines, etc., may be distinguished. AGI
e. In gravity or magnetic prospecting, the indication in some measured
quantity, such as the vertical component of gravity, of the presence of
two or more close but separate disturbing bodies. AGI
f. In seismic prospecting, the ability to indicate separately two closely
adjacent interfaces. AGI
g. The ability of an optical or radiation system to separate closely
related forms or entities; also, the degree to which they can be
discriminated. ASM, 1
Source:
Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms
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