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Resolution

ˌrɛzəˈluːʃn

Resolution definitions
noun
resolution resolutions
  1. a firm decision to do or not to do something

    "she kept her resolution not to see Anne any more"

    • a formal expression of opinion or intention agreed on by a legislative body or other formal meeting, typically after taking a vote

      "the conference passed two resolutions"

  2. the quality of being determined or resolute

    "he handled the last British actions of the war with resolution"

    determination purpose purposefulness resolve resoluteness single-mindedness strength of will strength of character will power firmness firmness of purpose fixity of purpose intentness decision decidedness
  3. the action of solving a problem or contentious matter

    "the peaceful resolution of all disputes"

    solution to answer to end to explanation to
    • the passing of a discord into a concord during the course of changing harmony

      "tension is released by the resolution from the dominant to the tonic chord"

    • the disappearance of a symptom or condition

      "complete remission was defined as resolution of clinical evidence of disease"

  4. the process of reducing or separating something into constituent parts or components
    • the replacing of a single force or other vector quantity by two or more jointly equivalent to it
  5. the smallest interval measurable by a telescope or other scientific instrument; the resolving power
    • the degree of detail visible in a photographic or television image

      "a high-resolution monitor"

  6. the conversion of something abstract into another form

    "the gradual resolution of an uncertain feeling into a named emotion"

    • the substitution of two short syllables for one long one