angular resolution

ability of any image-forming device to distinguish small details of an object
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angular resolution

Summary

angular resolution is a physical quantity[1]. It draws 283 Wikipedia views per month (physical_quantity category, ranking #6 of 56).[2]

Key Facts

  • angular resolution's image is recorded as Angular resolution.png[3].
  • angular resolution's instance of is recorded as physical quantity[4].
  • angular resolution's subclass of is recorded as image resolution[5].
  • angular resolution's part of is recorded as optics[6].
  • angular resolution's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01hjdp[7].
  • angular resolution's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/resolution-physics[8].
  • angular resolution's main Wikidata property is recorded as P3439[9].
  • angular resolution's defining formula is recorded as \sin \theta = 1.22 \frac{\lambda}{D}[10].
  • angular resolution's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as spatial-resolution[11].
  • angular resolution's ISQ dimension is recorded as 1[12].
  • angular resolution's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13].
  • angular resolution's World of Physics ID is recorded as AngularResolution[14].
  • angular resolution's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[15].
  • angular resolution's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 13303506[16].
  • angular resolution's in defining formula is recorded as \theta[17].
  • angular resolution's Wolfram Language quantity ID is recorded as AngularResolution[18].
  • angular resolution's quantity symbol is recorded as \theta[19].
  • angular resolution's recommended unit of measurement is recorded as radian[20].
  • angular resolution's MetaSat ID is recorded as spatialResolution[21].

Why It Matters

angular resolution draws 283 Wikipedia views per month (physical_quantity category, ranking #6 of 56).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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