Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The property of being resolvable; the capability of being separated into parts; resolvableness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or condition of being resolvable; resolvableness.

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  • noun The quality or condition of being resolvable.

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Examples

  • Finding that his potent instruments resolved into stars many nebulous patches in which no signs of such a structure had previously been discernible, he naturally concluded that "resolvability" was merely a question of distance and telescopic power.

    A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition 1874

  • Offering beautiful resolvability, this one contains around 150 members down to magnitude 12 and has a total population in excess of 500.

    Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast – December 5-7, 2009 | Universe Today 2009

  • Such resolvability, at least in principle, is what moral objectivism would lead us to expect.

    Moral Relativism Gowans, Chris 2008

  • How I longed to discover the secret of some perfect lens whose magnifying power should be limited only by the resolvability of the object, and which at the same time should be free from spherical and chromatic aberrations, in short from all the obstacles over which the poor microscopist finds himself continually stumbling!

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Various

  • How I longed to discover the secret of some perfect lens, whose magnifying power should be limited only by the resolvability of the object, and which at the same time should be free from spherical and chromatic aberrations, in short from all the obstacles over which the poor microscopist finds himself continually stumbling!

    Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes Mystic-Humorous Stories Joseph Lewis French 1897

  • On looking at the Sun, I was at once struck with the apparent resolvability of its mottled appearance.

    James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography. Nasmyth, James 1885

  • Rosse himself writing to Professor Nichol, in 1846, "I may safely say there can be little, if any, doubt as to the resolvability of the nebula; -- all about the trapezium is a mass of stars, the rest of the nebula also abounding with stars, and exhibiting the characteristics of resolvability strongly marked."

    Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. 1862

  • How I longed to discover the secret of some perfect lens whose magnifying power should be limited only by the resolvability of the object, and which at the same time should be free from spherical and chromatic aberrations, in short from all the obstacles over which the poor microscopist finds himself continually stumbling!

    The Diamond Lens 1858

  • First, the provision will "diminish the potential for blocking of top level domain strings considered objectionable by governments, which harms the architecture of the DNS and undermines the goal of universal resolvability."

    Ars Technica Matthew Lasar 2011

  • The resolvability of global investment banking operations is a particular challenge, and of heightened importance to the

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

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