resolution | |
1. n. A strong will, determination. | |
2. n. The state of being resolute. | |
His stalwart resolution is perhaps admirable, perhaps foolish. | |
3. n. A statement of intent, a vow | |
By February, most New Year's resolutions are forgotten. My resolution is to cut back on the fast food this year. | |
4. n. The act of discerning detail. | |
5. n. (computing, photography) 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). | |
Printing at higher resolution will cause a reduction in performance. | |
6. n. (computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed. | |
This monitor's maximum resolution is 1600 × 1200. | |
7. n. (computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; lookup. | |
name resolution | |
8. n. (math) The act or process of solving; solution. | |
the resolution of an equation | |
9. n. A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting. | |
The resolution was passed by a two-thirds majority. | |
10. n. (sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc). | |
11. n. (sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation. | |
12. n. (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made. | |
13. n. (literature) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear. | |
14. n. (medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages. | |