Definitions for resolution
resolution
res·o·lu·tion
Spelling: [rez-uh-loo-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌrɛz əˈlu ʃən/
Resolution is a 10 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 884 anagrams from letters in resolution (eilnoorstu).
Definitions for resolution
noun
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a formal expression of opinion or intention made, usually after voting, by a formal organization, a legislature, a club, or other group.
Compare concurrent resolution, joint resolution.
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the act of resolving or determining upon an action, course of action, method, procedure, etc.
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a resolve; a decision or determination:
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the mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute; firmness of purpose:
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the act or process of resolving or separating something into constituent or elementary parts.
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the resulting state.
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Optics. the act, process, or capability of distinguishing between two separate but adjacent objects or sources of light or between two nearly equal wavelengths.
Compare resolving power.
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a solution, accommodation, or settling of a problem, controversy, etc.
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Music.
the progression of a voice part or of the harmony as a whole from a dissonance to a consonance.
the tone or chord to which a dissonance is resolved.
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reduction to a simpler form; conversion.
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Medicine/Medical. the reduction or disappearance of a swelling or inflammation without suppuration.
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the degree of sharpness of a computer-generated image as measured by the number of dots per linear inch in a hard-copy printout or the number of pixels across and down on a display screen.
Origin of resolution
1350-1400; Middle English Latin resolūtiōn- (stem of resolūtiō), equivalent to resolūt(us) resolute + -iōn- -ion
Examples for resolution
I am not so much surprised that he formed the resolution the night before.
Binding the resolution of my case to progress in the nuclear negotiations is profoundly unjust.
Only two senators opposed the resolution, which the administration later claimed was the authority for a full-scale war.
Miss Milbrey wondered somewhat; but her mind was easy, for her resolution had been taken.
Mr. Disraeli offered a resolution of dissatisfaction in the House of Commons.
Waiting more than three years for a resolution is far too long.
In 2004, for example, Scalise voted “no” on a resolution to make Martin Luther King Jr.
If this resolution be adhered to, then will my father never see me more!
To be sure, Jefferson did share the credit, but not in the way such a resolution might be interpreted.
With a firm and unanimous voice the resolution to follow him was adopted.