resolution

See also: Resolution and résolution

English

Etymology

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#RESOLUTIONCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₃-#RESOLUTION

Recorded since 1412, as Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#RESOLUTIONCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#RESOLUTION resolucioun (“dissolution”), either from Anglo-NormanCategory:English terms derived from Anglo-Norman#RESOLUTION resolucion or directly from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#RESOLUTION resolūtiō (“a loosening, solution”), from resolvō (“to loosen”), itself from the intensive prefix re- +‎ solvō (“to loosen”).

Pronunciation

Noun

resolution (countable and uncountable, plural resolutions)Category:English lemmas#RESOLUTIONCategory:English nouns#RESOLUTIONCategory:English uncountable nouns#RESOLUTIONCategory:English countable nouns#RESOLUTIONCategory:English countable nouns#RESOLUTIONCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#RESOLUTIONCategory:Pages with entries#RESOLUTIONCategory:Pages with 3 entries#RESOLUTION

  1. A firm decision or an official decision.
    Synonyms: disposition, disposal, determination, rulingCategory:English links with manual fragments#RESOLUTION
    Coordinate term: dispensation
  2. A strong will; the state of being resolute.
    Synonyms: determination, steadfastness; see also Thesaurus:obstinacy
    His stalwart resolution is perhaps admirable, perhaps foolish.Category:English terms with usage examples#RESOLUTION
  3. A statement of intent, a vow.
    Coordinate terms: promise, guarantee
    By February, most New Year’s resolutions are forgotten.Category:English terms with usage examples#RESOLUTION
    My resolution is to cut back on the fast food this year.Category:English terms with usage examples#RESOLUTION
  4. The act of discerning detail.
    Coordinate term: discernment
    • 2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “American Scientist”, in Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture‎:
      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.
      Category:English terms with quotations#RESOLUTION
  5. (computingCategory:en:Computing#RESOLUTION, photographyCategory:en:Photography#RESOLUTION) 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).
    Coordinate term: granularity
    Printing at higher resolution will cause a reduction in performance.Category:English terms with usage examples#RESOLUTION
  6. (computingCategory:en:Computing#RESOLUTION) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
    This monitor's maximum resolution is 1600 × 1200.Category:English terms with usage examples#RESOLUTION
  7. (computingCategory:en:Computing#RESOLUTION) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; the process of executing a link to it.
    Synonym: (meaning sense) lookup
  8. (mathematicsCategory:en:Mathematics#RESOLUTION) The act or process of resolving: solving.
    Synonym: solution
    Coordinate term: determination
    Near-synonyms: evaluation, calculation
  9. (homological algebra, of a given module (or, generally, object in an abelian category) ) An exact sequence of modules (or, objects in the same category as ) either terminating in or such that is the homology at degree zero. See Resolution (algebra).
  10. A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
    Coordinate term: agreement
    The resolution was passed by a two-thirds majority.Category:English terms with usage examples#RESOLUTION
  11. (sciencesCategory:en:Sciences#RESOLUTION) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
    Coordinate term: dissolution
  12. (sciencesCategory:en:Sciences#RESOLUTION) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
  13. (musicCategory:en:Music#RESOLUTION) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
  14. (narratologyCategory:en:Narratology#RESOLUTION) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
    Near-synonym: dénouement
  15. (medicineCategory:en:Medicine#RESOLUTION) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.
    Holonyms: immunity, recovery, healingCategory:English links with manual fragments#RESOLUTION

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Danish

Noun

resolution c (singular definite resolutionen, plural indefinite resolutioner)Category:Danish lemmas#RESOLUTIONCategory:Danish nouns#RESOLUTIONCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#RESOLUTIONCategory:Danish common-gender nouns#RESOLUTIONCategory:Pages with entries#RESOLUTIONCategory:Pages with 3 entries#RESOLUTION

  1. resolution

Declension

Declension of resolution
common
gender		 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative resolution resolutionen resolutioner resolutionerne
genitive resolutions resolutionens resolutioners resolutionernes

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

resolutionCategory:Middle English alternative forms#RESOLUTIONCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#RESOLUTIONCategory:Pages with entries#RESOLUTIONCategory:Pages with 3 entries#RESOLUTION

  1. alternative form of resolucioun
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