resolution

plural resolutions

1. countableuncountableA firm decision or an official decision.

   Synonyms: disposition, disposal, determination, ruling

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

   His stalwart resolution is perhaps admirable, perhaps foolish.

   Synonyms: determination, steadfastness, obstinacy, doggedness, conviction, insistence, pertinacity, self-will

3. countableuncountableA statement of intent, a vow.

   My resolution is to cut back on the fast food this year.

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   By February, most New Year’s resolutions are forgotten.

4. countableuncountableThe act of discerning detail.

   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.

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

5. countableuncountableartsThe 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).

   Printing at higher resolution will cause a reduction in performance.

6. countableuncountablecomputingThe number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.

   This monitor's maximum resolution is 1600 × 1200.

7. countableuncountablecomputingThe process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; the process of executing a link to it.

   name resolution

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   link resolution

   Synonyms: lookup

8. countableuncountablemathematicsThe act or process of resolving: solving.

   the resolution of an equation

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   Near-synonyms: evaluation, calculation

   Synonyms: solution, evaluation, calculation

9. countableuncountablehomological algebraAn exact sequence of modules (or, objects in the same category as M) either terminating in M or such that M is the homology at degree zero. See Resolution (algebra).
10. countableuncountableA formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.

    The resolution was passed by a two-thirds majority.

11. countableuncountablesciencesThe separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
12. countableuncountablesciencesThe degree of fineness of such a separation.
13. countableuncountableentertainmentProgression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
14. countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.

    Near-synonym: dénouement

    Synonyms: dénouement

15. countableuncountablemedicineIn a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.

    Holonyms: immunity, recovery, healing