resolution

Recorded since 1412, as Middle English resolucioun (“dissolution”), either from Anglo-Norman resolucion or directly from Latin resolūtiō (“a loosening, solution”), from resolvō (“I loosen”), itself from the intensive prefix re- + solvō (“I loosen”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛzəˈluːʃ(ə)n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛzəˈl(j)uʃ(ə)n/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -uːʃən
• Hyphenation: re‧so‧lu‧tion

resolution (countable and uncountable, plural resolutions)

1. A firm decision or an official decision.

   Synonyms: disposition, disposal, determination, ruling

   Coordinate term: dispensation

2. A strong will; the state of being resolute.

   Synonyms: determination, steadfastness; see also Thesaurus:obstinacy

   His stalwart resolution is perhaps admirable, perhaps foolish.

3. A statement of intent, a vow.

   Coordinate terms: promise, guarantee

   By February, most New Year's resolutions are forgotten.   My resolution is to cut back on the fast food this year.

4. The act of discerning detail.

   Coordinate term: discernment

   • 2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist:

     The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.

5. (computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).

   Coordinate term: granularity

   Printing at higher resolution will cause a reduction in performance.

6. (computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.

   This monitor's maximum resolution is 1600 × 1200.

7. (computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; the process of executing a link to it.

   Synonym: (meaning sense) lookup

   name resolution

   link resolution

8. (mathematics) The act or process of resolving: solving.

   Synonym: solution

   Coordinate term: determination

   Near-synonyms: evaluation, calculation

   the resolution of an equation

9. (homological algebra, of a given module (or, generally, object in an abelian category) ${\displaystyle M}$) An exact sequence of modules (or, objects in the same category as ${\displaystyle M}$) either terminating in ${\displaystyle M}$ or such that ${\displaystyle M}$ is the homology at degree zero. See Resolution (algebra).
10. A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.

    Coordinate term: agreement

    The resolution was passed by a two-thirds majority.

11. (sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).

    Coordinate term: dissolution

12. (sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
13. (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
14. (literature) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.

    Near-synonym: dénouement

15. (medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.

    Holonyms: immunity, recovery, healing

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resolution c (singular definite resolutionen, plural indefinite resolutioner)

1. resolution

• “resolution” in Den Danske Ordbog

resolution

1. Alternative form of resolucioun