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res·o·lu·tion
(rz-lshn)n.1. The state or quality of being resolute; firm determination.

2. A resolving to do something.

3. A course of action determined or decided on.

4. A formal statement of a decision or expression of opinion put before or adopted by an assembly such as the U.S. Congress.

5. Physics & Chemistry The act or process of separating or reducing something into its constituent parts: the prismatic resolution of sunlight into its spectral colors.

6. The fineness of detail that can be distinguished in an image, as on a video display terminal.

7. Medicine The subsiding or termination of an abnormal condition, such as a fever or an inflammation.

8. Law A court decision.

9. a. An explanation, as of a problem or puzzle; a solution.

b. The part of a literary work in which the complications of the plot are resolved or simplified.

10. Musica. The progression of a dissonant tone or chord to a consonant tone or chord.

b. The tone or chord to which such a progression is made.

11. The substitution of one metrical unit for another, especially the substitution of two short syllables for one long syllable in quantitative verse.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

resolution [?r?z??lu???n]n1. the act or an instance of resolving

2. the condition or quality of being resolute; firmness or determination

3. something resolved or determined; decision

4. a formal expression of opinion by a meeting, esp one agreed by a vote

5. (Law) a judicial decision on some matter; verdict; judgment

6. the act or process of separating something into its constituent parts or elements

7. (Medicine) Meda. return from a pathological to a normal condition

b. subsidence of the symptoms of a disease, esp the disappearance of inflammation without the formation of pus

8. (Music, other) Music the process in harmony whereby a dissonant note or chord is followed by a consonant one

9. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) the ability of a television or film image to reproduce fine detail

10. (Physics / General Physics) Physics another word for resolving powerresolutioner , resolutionist n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003

resolution- From Latin resolutio-/resolution, from resolvere, meaning "to loosen or dissolve again," which was the original meaning.See also related terms for loosen.

Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

1. A measurement of the smallest detail that can be distinguished by a sensor system under specific conditions. 2.A formal expression of an official body such as Congress, the United Nations Security Council, or North Atlantic Treaty Organization North Atlantic Committee that may provide the basis for or set limits on a military operation.Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.