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resolution.

A firm decision or an official decision.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌɹɛzəˈluːʃ(ə)n/General-American/ˌɹɛzəˈl(j)uʃ(ə)n/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A firm decision or an official decision.

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  2. A strong will; the state of being resolute.

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    His stalwart resolution is perhaps admirable, perhaps foolish.
  3. A statement of intent, a vow.

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    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.

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  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).

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    Printing at higher resolution will cause a reduction in performance.
  6. The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.

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    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.

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    name resolution
    link resolution
  8. The act or process of resolving: solving.

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    the resolution of an equation
  9. 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).

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  10. A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.

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    The resolution was passed by a two-thirds majority.
  11. The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).

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  12. The degree of fineness of such a separation.

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  13. Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.

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  14. The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.

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  15. In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.

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Where this word comes from

Recorded since 1412, as Middle English resolucioun (“dissolution”), either from Anglo-Norman resolucion or directly from Latin resolūtiō (“a loosening, solution”), from resolvō (“to loosen”), itself from the intensive prefix re- + solvō (“to loosen”). By surface analysis, recognizably related to resolve and -tion.

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