resolution

n. a measure of the ability of the eye or an optical device or system to detect two distinct objects when these are close together. A system with high resolution can distinguish targets very close to one another as individual entities; a system with low resolution can only distinguish targets that are farther apart. Also called resolving power.

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December 18th 2024

affective ambivalence

see ambivalence.