# Resolution

Resolution(s) may refer to:

## Common meanings

* Resolution (debate), the statement which is debated in policy debate
* Resolution (law), a written motion adopted by a deliberative body
* New Year's resolution, a commitment that an individual makes at New Year's Day
* Dispute resolution, the settlement of a disagreement

## Science, technology, and mathematics
### Mathematics and logic

* Resolution (algebra), an exact sequence in homological algebra
* Resolution (logic), a rule of inference used for automated theorem proving
* Standard resolution, the bar construction of resolutions in homological algebra
* Resolution of singularities in algebraic geometry

### Measurements

* Resolution (audio), a measure of digital audio quality
* Resolution (electron density), the quality of an X-ray crystallography or cryo-electron microscopy data set
* Angular resolution, the capability of an optical or other sensor to discern small objects
* Depositional resolution, the age difference of fossils contained in one stratum
* Display resolution, the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed on a display device
** Graphic display resolutions, a list of particular display resolutions
* Distance resolution, the minimum distance that can be accurately measured
* Image resolution, a measure of the amount of detail in an image
* Optical resolution, the capability of an optical system to distinguish, find, or record details
* Printing resolution, the number of individual dots a printer can produce within a unit of distance (e.g., dots per inch)
* Sensor resolution, the smallest change a sensor can detect in the quantity that it is measuring
* Spectral resolution, the capability of an optical system to distinguish different frequencies
* Resolution of a spectrometer, the ability to distinguish two close-lying energies (or wavelengths, or frequencies, or masses)
* Resolution (chromatography), the separation of peaks in a chromatogram
* Resolution (mass spectrometry), the ability to distinguish peaks in a mass spectrum
* Spatial resolution, the pixel width on the ground
* Temporal resolution, the sampling frequency of a digital audio device
* In number storage, the resolution is the reciprocal of the unit in the last place

### Other uses in science and technology

* Resolution (beam engine), an early steam engine at Coalbrookdale
* Chiral resolution, a process in stereochemistry for the separation of racemic compounds into their enantiomers
* URL resolution, a process in interpreting URLs

## Arts and entertainment
### Film and television

* "Resolutions" (Star Trek: Voyager), a 1996 second-season episode of Star Trek: Voyager
* Resolution (film), a 2012 horror movie
* "Resolution" (Doctor Who), a special episode of Doctor Who
* Resolution (Boardwalk Empire), an episode of the TV series Boardwalk Empire

### Literature and poetry

* Resolution (meter), the replacement of one longum with two brevia
* "Resolution", a poem by Bertolt Brecht
* Resolutions (short story), a 1911 short story by Franz Kafka
* Resolution (Parker novel), a 2008 novel by Robert B. Parker, a Western, sequel to Appaloosa
* Resolution (Wilson novel), a 2016 work of historical fiction by A. N. Wilson

### Music

* Resolution (music), the move of a note or chord from dissonance to consonance

#### Albums

* Resolution (38 Special album), 1997
* Resolution (BoDeans album), 2004
* Resolution (Hamiet Bluiett album), 1977
* Resolution (Hidden in Plain View album), 2007
* Resolution (Lamb of God album), 2012
* Resolution (Andy Timmons album), 2006
* Resolution (Andy Pratt album), 1976
* Resolutions (album), a 2011 album by Dave Hause
* Resolution (EP), a 2013 EP by Matt Corby

#### Songs

* "Resolution" (Matt Corby song), 2013
* "Resolution" (Nick Lachey song), a 2006 song by Nick Lachey from What's Left of Me
* "Resolution", a John Coltrane (1926–1967) song from A Love Supreme
* "Resolution", a Mahavishnu Orchestra song from the album Birds of Fire
* "Resolution", by Romantic Mode, the second opening theme for the anime After War Gundam X
* "Resolution", by Haruka Tomatsu, the first opening theme for the anime Sword Art Online: Alicization War of Underworld
* "The Resolution", a 2008 Jack's Mannequin song from The Glass Passenger

## Business and organizations

* Corporate resolution, a legal document defining which individuals are authorized to act on behalf of a corporation
* Resolution (talent agency), a talent agency in Los Angeles, New York, and Nashville
* Resolution Copper, a copper mining project near Superior, Arizona
* Resolution Foundation, an independent British think tank established in 2005
* Resolution Limited, a Guernsey-based investor in insurance companies
* Resolution plc, a defunct manager of in-force UK life funds acquired by Pearl Group in 2008

## Places

* Resolution, United States Virgin Islands
* Resolution Island (Nunavut), in the Arctic region of Canada
* Resolution Island, New Zealand, the largest (uninhabited) island in Fiordland, in the southwest of New Zealand
* Resolution Island, a fictional island in the novel Brown on Resolution
* Fort Resolution, a hamlet in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada

## Vessels

* Resolution, a Douglas DC-6 aircraft, BCPA Flight 304, which crashed near San Francisco in 1953
* Resolution (1793 ship), an American trading vessel whose crew were massacred in 1794
* HMNZS Resolution, Royal New Zealand Navy surveillance ship
* HMS Resolution, any of several British Royal Navy ships
* TIV Resolution, the world's first turbine installation vessel
* Resolution-class submarine, of the British Royal Navy
* Resolution (1802 ship), a brig built in Spain and launched in 1802
* Spanish ironclad Méndez Núñez, a Spanish Navy ship in commission as the screw frigate Resolución ("Resolution") from 1862 to 1870 prior to her conversion into a armored frigate