resolution

Noun

resolution (countable and uncountable, plural resolutions)

1. A firm decision or an official decision.

   Synonyms:

   disposition, disposal, determination, ruling

2. A strong will; the state of being resolute.
   • His stalwart resolution is perhaps admirable, perhaps foolish.

   Synonyms:

   determination, steadfastness, obstinacy, doggedness, conviction, insistence, pertinacity, self-will, recalcitrance, resolve

3. 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. The act of discerning detail.
   • 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.2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “American Scientist”, in Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture
5. 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. The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
   • This monitor's maximum resolution is 1600 × 1200.
7. The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; the process of executing a link to it.
   • name resolution
   • link resolution

   Synonyms:

   lookup

8. The act or process of resolving: solving.
   • Near-synonyms: evaluation, calculation
   • the resolution of an equation

   Synonyms:

   solution, evaluation, calculation

9. (homological algebra) An exact sequence of modules (or, objects in the same category as M) either terminating in M or such that M is the homology at degree zero. See Resolution (algebra).
10. A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
    • The resolution was passed by a two-thirds majority.
11. The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
12. The degree of fineness of such a separation.