Recorded since 1412, asMiddle English resolucioun ( “ dissolution ” ) , either fromAnglo-Norman resolucion Latin resolūtiō ( “ a loosening, solution ” ) , fromresolvō ( “ to loosen ” ) , itself from the intensive prefixre- solvō ( “ to loosen ” ) .
resolution (countable anduncountable plural resolutions
A firmdecision or an official decision.Synonyms: disposition disposal determination ruling Coordinate term: dispensation A strongwill ; the state of beingresolute .Synonyms: determination steadfastness see also Thesaurus:obstinacy His stalwartresolution is perhaps admirable, perhaps foolish.
Astatement ofintent , avow .Coordinate terms: promise guarantee By February, most New Year’sresolutions are forgotten.
Myresolution is to cut back on the fast food this year.
Theact ofdiscerning detail.Coordinate term: discernment 2013 American Scientist ”, inTiny Lenses See the Big Picture [1] 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 spatialresolution , resolving incoming images in minute detail.
( computing , photography ) degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number ofpixels per unit of length (typically aninch ).Coordinate term: granularity Printing at higherresolution will cause a reduction in performance.
( computing ) pixels in an image being stored or displayed.This monitor's maximumresolution is 1600 × 1200.
( computing ) determining the meaning of asymbol oraddress ; the process of executing a link to it.Synonym: ( meaning sense ) lookup nameresolution
linkresolution
( mathematics ) resolving :solving .Synonym: solution Coordinate term: determination Near-synonyms: evaluation calculation theresolution of an equation
( homological algebra , of a givenmodule (or, generally,object in anabelian category )M {\displaystyle M} ) exact sequence of modules (or, objects in the same category asM {\displaystyle M} terminating inM {\displaystyle M} M {\displaystyle M} homology atdegree zero. SeeResolution (algebra) .Aformal statement adopted by anassembly , or during any other formal meeting.Coordinate term: agreement Theresolution was passed by a two-thirds majority.
( sciences ) separation of theconstituent parts (of a spectrum etc).Coordinate term: dissolution ( sciences ) degree of fineness of such a separation.( music ) Progression fromdissonance toconsonance ; achord to which such progression is made.( narratology ) conflict ends and theoutcome of theaction is clear.Near-synonym: dénouement ( medicine ) Holonyms: immunity recovery healing state of being resolute
Bulgarian:решителност (bg) f ( rešitelnost ) Chinese:Mandarin:決心 / 决心 (zh) ( juéxīn ) Dutch:resoluutheid f vastberadenheid (nl) Esperanto:decideco Finnish:päättäväisyys (fi) ,lujuus (fi) French:résolution (fr) f détermination (fr) f German:Entschlossenheit (de) f Standfestigkeit f Hindi:संकल्पित (hi) ( saṅkalpit ) Italian:risolutezza (it) f Japanese:決断 (ja) ( けつだん, ketsudan ) ,決心 (ja) ( kesshin ) ,( formal ) 表明 (ja) ( hyōmei ) Malay:ketegasan (ms) Portuguese:resolução (pt) f firmeza (pt) f Russian:реши́тельность (ru) f ( rešítelʹnostʹ ) ,реши́мость (ru) f ( rešímostʹ ) ,твёрдость (ru) f ( tvjórdostʹ ) Spanish:please add this translation if you can Swedish:beslutsamhet (sv) c Turkish:karar (tr) ,niyet (tr) Ukrainian:ріши́мість ( rišýmistʹ ) ,тве́рдість ( tvérdistʹ )
computing, photography: degree of fineness of image
computing: number of pixels in an image as stored or displayed
computing: process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address
math: act or process of solving
formal statement adopted by an assembly
Armenian:բանաձև (hy) ( banajew ) Bulgarian:резолюция (bg) f ( rezoljucija ) Catalan:resolució (ca) f Chinese:Mandarin:決議 / 决议 (zh) ( juéyì ) ,議決 / 议决 (zh) ( yìjué ) Czech:rezoluce f usnesení (cs) n Danish:beslutning Dutch:besluit (nl) n resolutie (nl) f Esperanto:rezolucio Estonian:otsus Finnish:päätöslauselma (fi) ,resoluutio (fi) ,kannanotto (fi) French:résolution (fr) f Georgian:რეზოლუცია ( rezolucia ) German:Entschließung (de) f Entschluss (de) m Resolution (de) f Beschluss (de) m Greek:ψήφισμα (el) n ( psífisma ) ,απόφαση (el) f ( apófasi ) Hindi:प्रस्ताव (hi) m ( prastāv ) Italian:decisione (it) f delibera (it) f Japanese:議決 (ja) ( giketsu ) Korean:결의(決議) (ko) ( gyeorui ) Latin:scītum (la) n Malay:ketetapan Malayalam:പ്രമേയം (ml) ( pramēyaṁ ) Maori:tatūnga Navajo:naaltsoos bee ʼádá nahodiitʼaahí Norwegian:vedtak (no) n Bokmål:beslutning (no) m or f Occitan:resolucion (oc) f Polish:rezolucja (pl) f uchwała (pl) f Portuguese:resolução (pt) f Russian:резолю́ция (ru) f ( rezoljúcija ) Serbo-Croatian:rezolucija (sh) f Spanish:resolución (es) f Swedish:resolution (sv) c beslut (sv) n Thai:มติ (th) ( má-dtì ) Turkish:önerge (tr) ,teklif (tr) Ukrainian:резолю́ція (uk) f ( rezoljúcija ) Vietnamese:nghị quyết (vi) (議決
science: separation of the constituent parts
science: the degree of fineness of such a separation
music: progression from dissonance to consonance
moment when the outcome of action is clear
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resolution c singular definite resolutionen plural indefinite resolutioner
resolution resolution
alternative form ofresolucioun 
