covering power

noun

, Photography.

the maximum area of a scene that can be recorded with good definition by a particular lens.

First recorded in 1890–95

Taylor, Taylor & Hobson also make a good wide-angle lens, possessing great covering power and at a moderately low price.

Painters prefer the product to zinc-white chiefly because it is much more opaque and possesses a much greater covering power.

Fineness of grinding, uniformity of color in respect to its coloring and covering power, and brilliancy, are valued essentials.

The sample which departs the least from its own color has the best body or covering power.

The sample covering the glass most solidly has the strongest covering power.

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