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resolution
[ rez-uh-loo-shuhn ]
noun
- 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.
- the act of resolving or determining upon an action, course of action, method, procedure, etc.
- a resolve; a decision or determination:
to make a firm resolution to do something.
Her resolution to clear her parents' name allowed her no other focus in life.
She showed her resolution by not attending the meeting.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
- the act or process of resolving or separating something into constituent or elementary parts.
- the resulting state.
- 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.
- a solution, accommodation, or settling of a problem, controversy, etc.
- 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.
- reduction to a simpler form; conversion.
- Medicine/Medical. the reduction or disappearance of a swelling or inflammation without suppuration.
- 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.
resolution
/ ˌɛəˈːʃə /
noun
- the act or an instance of resolving
- the condition or quality of being resolute; firmness or determination
- something resolved or determined; decision
- a formal expression of opinion by a meeting, esp one agreed by a vote
- a judicial decision on some matter; verdict; judgment
- the act or process of separating something into its constituent parts or elements
- med
- return from a pathological to a normal condition
- subsidence of the symptoms of a disease, esp the disappearance of inflammation without the formation of pus
- music the process in harmony whereby a dissonant note or chord is followed by a consonant one
- the ability of a television or film image to reproduce fine detail
- physics another word for resolving power
Derived Forms
- ˌˈܳپDzԱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ԴDzr··tDz noun
- r··tDz noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of resolution1
Example Sentences
On Wednesday, in a rare rebuke of the president, the Senate passed a resolution Wednesday designed to thwart the imposition of tariffs on Canada.
At one point Washington voted with Moscow against a UN resolution that identified Russia as the "aggressor" in Russia's war against Ukraine.
Mr Kasab told workers on the picket line: "This remains not just a dispute that is just morally and principally right but remains a dispute that has a resolution, and you can absolutely win."
“It will be an issue to, hopefully, sooner rather than later, bring to resolution,” she told me.
On Thursday, Hermosa Beach police announced a resolution to the unusual community problem: The man was placed on a mental health hold that could keep him off the streets for 48 hours or longer.
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