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Which term describes the minimum distance between two objects required to distinguish them as two separate object?

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The answer is abbe’s resolution limit in which RL is equals to 0.612 the wavelength divided by NA. This is the minimum distance between objects when you can still see them as separate objects. In addition, the shorter the wavelength is better and the larger numerical aperture is better.
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