resolution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛzəˈluːʃ(ə)n/
ipa: /ˌɹɛzəˈl(j)uʃ(ə)n/
rhymes: -uːʃən
Forms: form: resolutions
Etymology: 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”).
Senses: synonyms: disposition
disposal
determination
ruling#Noun
coordinate_terms: dispensation
glosses: A firm decision or an official decision.
examples: text: His stalwart resolution is perhaps admirable, perhaps foolish.
synonyms: word: determination
word: steadfastness
word: obstinacy
word: doggedness
word: conviction
word: insistence
word: pertinacity
word: recalcitrance
word: resolve
word: stubbornness
word: temerity
word: tenacity
word: vehemence
word: intransigence
word: pigheadedness
glosses: A strong will; the state of being resolute.
examples: text: By February, most New Year’s resolutions are forgotten.
text: My resolution is to cut back on the fast food this year.
coordinate_terms: promise
guarantee
glosses: A statement of intent, a vow.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “American Scientist”, in Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture:
coordinate_terms: discernment
glosses: The act of discerning detail.
examples: text: Printing at higher resolution will cause a reduction in performance.
topics: arts
computing
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
photography
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: granularity
glosses: 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).
examples: text: This monitor's maximum resolution is 1600 × 1200.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
examples: text: name resolution
text: link resolution
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: word: lookup
english: meaning sense
translation: meaning sense
glosses: The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; the process of executing a link to it.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: evaluation, calculation
text: the resolution of an equation
topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: solution
coordinate_terms: determination
glosses: The act or process of resolving: solving.
qualifier: homological algebra
glosses: 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).
raw_tags: of a given module (or, generally, object in an abelian category) M
examples: text: The resolution was passed by a two-thirds majority.
coordinate_terms: agreement
glosses: A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
topics: sciences
coordinate_terms: dissolution
glosses: The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
topics: sciences
glosses: The degree of fineness of such a separation.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
examples: Near-synonym: dénouement
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
narratology
sciences
glosses: The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
examples: Holonyms: immunity, recovery, healing
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.
Derived terms: alternative dispute resolution
chiral resolution
conflict resolution
continuing resolution
Dawes resolution limit
dispute resolution
dispute resolution organization
high-resolution
low-resolution
midresolution
myoresolution
native resolution
negative resolution
ordinary resolution
Rayleigh's resolution limit
resolution advisory
resolutionist
Sparrow's resolution limit
special resolution
Related terms: irresoluble
irresolute
irresolvability
irresolvable
New Year's resolution
resolubility
resoluble
resolutely
resoluteness
resolvability
resolvable
resolvent
polygon resolution
texture resolution