An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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To separate and make visible the individual parts of an → image or → spectral feature.

M.E. resolven, from L. resolvere "to loosen, undo, settle," from → re- + solvere "to loosen," → solve.

Vâgošudan, from prefix vâ-, → re-, + gošudan, gošâdan "to loose, open up, let free;" gošâd "opened; ample, broad;" Mid.Pers. wišâdan "to let free;" Khotanese hīyā "bound;" O.Pers. višta "untied, loosened," vištāspa- "with loosened horses" (personal name); Av. višta "untied," ā-hišāiiā "holds fettered," hita- "fastened, tied on, put to;" cf. Skt. sā- "to bind, fasten, fetter," sitá- "bound," ví-sita- "untied."

Separated and made visible in an → image or → spectral feature. → resolved line.

Past participle of → resolve.

A → spectral line that is not contaminated by other nearby lines.

→ resolved; → line.

Describing an image whose constituent or elementary parts are not resolved. → unresolved source.

→ un- + → resolved.

A source of radiation whose angular size is too small for details of its structure to be revealed.

→ unresolved; → source.