Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diffraction limit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: diffrac-tion lim-it
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The minimum angular separation of two sources that can be distinguished by a telescope (depending on the wavelength of the light being observed and the diameter of the telescope).

Example Sentences

"For telescopes with circular apertures, the size of the smallest feature in an image that is diffraction limited is the size of the Airy disk. As one decreases the size of the aperture in a lens, diffraction increases. At small apertures, such as f/22, most modern lenses are limited only by diffraction."

Inflected Forms

diffraction limits (plural)

Questions

What does diffraction limit mean?: The minimum angular separation of two sources that can be distinguished by a telescope (depending on the wavelength of the light being observed and the diameter of the telescope).

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