resolution

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A firm decision or an official decision.
2. (countable, uncountable) A strong will; the state of being resolute.
3. (countable, uncountable) A statement of intent, a vow.
4. (countable, uncountable) The act of discerning detail.
5. (countable, uncountable) 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).
6. (countable, uncountable) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
7. (countable, uncountable) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; the process of executing a link to it.
8. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of resolving: solving.
9. (countable, uncountable) An 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. (countable, uncountable) A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
11. (countable, uncountable) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
12. (countable, uncountable) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
13. (countable, uncountable) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
14. (countable, uncountable) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
15. (countable, uncountable) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.

Synonyms

decision

determination

resolve

solution

settlement

ruling

firmness

conclusion

decisiveness

resoluteness

resolving power

purpose

decree

resolving

vote

verdict

solvent

judgement

boldness

courage

will

closure

vow

constancy

steadiness

proposal

definition

answer

decomposition

judgment

intention

result

ascertainment

judgement judgment

solving

separation

dilution

firmness of purpose

resignation

promise

reduction

audacity

declaration

liquidation

dissociation

deciding

disintegration

fortitude

motion

addiction

Translations

résolution

resolución

risoluzione

resolução

resolució

resolutie

Auflösung

Resolution

décision

Entschließung

decisione

Entschlossenheit

απόφαση

karar

Entschluss

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌɹɛzəˈluːʃ(ə)n/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: resolucioun

In summary

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

Sentences

Recent technological improvements in sensor design include above-the-horizon capability and improved resolution .