subresolution

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adjective

Smaller than may be resolved (optically)

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Meanings

adjectivesubresolution (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSmaller than may be resolved (optically)

    Using fluorescent beads of subresolution size (TransFluorSpheres 0.1 μm, Molecular Probes) the point spread function (PSF) can be approximated and the images might be deconvolved.

    2016 January 6, “Nanoscale Imaging Reveals a Tetraspanin-CD9 Coordinated Elevation of Endothelial ICAM-1 Clusters”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From sub- + resolution.

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APA

subresolution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subresolution

MLA

“subresolution.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subresolution. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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