resolution

[ rez-uh-loo-shuhn ]

/ ˌrɛz əˈlu ʃən /

noun

a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group. Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.

the act of resolving or determining upon an action, course of action, method, procedure, etc.

a resolve; a decision or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something. Her resolution to clear her parents' name allowed her no other focus in life.

the mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute; firmness of purpose: She showed her resolution by not attending the meeting.

the act or process of resolving or separating something into constituent or elementary parts.

the resulting state.

Optics. the act, process, or capability of distinguishing between two separate but adjacent objects or sources of light or between two nearly equal wavelengths. Compare resolving power.

a solution, accommodation, or settling of a problem, controversy, etc.

Music.

the progression of a voice part or of the harmony as a whole from a dissonance to a consonance.
the tone or chord to which a dissonance is resolved.

reduction to a simpler form; conversion.

Medicine/Medical. the reduction or disappearance of a swelling or inflammation without suppuration.

the degree of sharpness of a computer-generated image as measured by the number of dots per linear inch in a hard-copy printout or the number of pixels across and down on a display screen.

Origin of resolution

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin resolūtiōn- (stem of resolūtiō), equivalent to resolūt(us) resolute + -iōn- -ion

SYNONYMS FOR resolution

4 resolve, determination, perseverance, tenacity; strength, fortitude.

OTHER WORDS FROM resolution

non·res·o·lu·tion, noun pre·res·o·lu·tion, noun

Words nearby resolution

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resolution

/ (ˌrɛzəˈluːʃən) /

noun

the act or an instance of resolving

the condition or quality of being resolute; firmness or determination

something resolved or determined; decision

a formal expression of opinion by a meeting, esp one agreed by a vote

a judicial decision on some matter; verdict; judgment

the act or process of separating something into its constituent parts or elements

med

return from a pathological to a normal condition
subsidence of the symptoms of a disease, esp the disappearance of inflammation without the formation of pus

music the process in harmony whereby a dissonant note or chord is followed by a consonant one

the ability of a television or film image to reproduce fine detail

physics another word for resolving power

Derived forms of resolution

resolutioner or resolutionist, noun

Medical definitions for non-resolution

resolution

[ rĕz′ə-lōō′shən ]

n.

The subsiding or termination of an abnormal condition, such as a fever or an inflammation.

The act or process of separating or reducing something into its constituent parts.

The fineness of detail that can be distinguished in an image, as on a video display terminal.

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