Rayleigh criterion
(also Rayleigh's criterion) Physics
noun
The criterion by which adjacent lines or rings of equal intensity in a diffraction pattern are regarded as resolved when the central maximum of one coincides with the first minimum of the next.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Transactions Optical Society.
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