RESOLUTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does resolution mean? 

• RESOLUTION (noun)
  The noun RESOLUTION has 11 senses:

1. a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

2. the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together

3. the trait of being resolute

4. finding a solution to a problem

5. something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

6. analysis into clear-cut components

7. (computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture

8. the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)

9. (music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord

10. a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

11. a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner

  Familiarity information: RESOLUTION used as a noun is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESOLUTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

declaration; resolution; resolve

Hypernyms ("resolution" is a kind of...):

document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resolution"):

joint resolution (a resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive (or passed over the Chief Executive's veto))

Instance hyponyms:

Declaration of Independence (the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the Colonies from Great Britain)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

resolution; resolving power

Hypernyms ("resolution" is a kind of...):

physical phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The trait of being resolute

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

firmness; firmness of purpose; resoluteness; resolution; resolve

Context example:

it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work

Hypernyms ("resolution" is a kind of...):

trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resolution"):

possession; self-command; self-control; self-possession; self-will; will power; willpower (the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior)

steadiness (freedom from wavering or indecision; constancy of resolve or conduct)

sturdiness (resoluteness evidenced by strength of character)

stiffness (firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action)

bullheadedness; obstinacy; obstinance; pigheadedness; self-will; stubbornness (resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires)

single-mindedness (characterized by one unified purpose)

adamance; obduracy; unyieldingness (resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible)

decision; decisiveness (the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose)

determination; purpose (the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose)

steadfastness (steadfast resolution)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Finding a solution to a problem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

resolution; solving

Hypernyms ("resolution" is a kind of...):

determination; finding (the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation)

Derivation:

resolve (find the solution)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

closure; resolution; settlement

Context example:

he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure

Hypernyms ("resolution" is a kind of...):

deciding; decision making (the cognitive process of reaching a decision)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Analysis into clear-cut components

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

resolution; resolving

Hypernyms ("resolution" is a kind of...):

breakdown; partitioning (an analysis into mutually exclusive categories)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resolution"):

factoring; factorisation; factorization ((mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression)

diagonalisation; diagonalization (changing a square matrix to diagonal form (with all non-zero elements on the principal diagonal))

Sense 7

Meaning:

(computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("resolution" is a kind of...):

physical phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the physical properties of matter and energy)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Sense 8

Meaning:

The subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("resolution" is a kind of...):

remission; remittal; subsidence (an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease))

Sense 9

Meaning:

(music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("resolution" is a kind of...):

harmony; musical harmony (the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords)

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Antonym:

preparation ((music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord)

Sense 10

Meaning:

A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

answer; resolution; result; solution; solvent

Context example:

he computed the result to four decimal places

Hypernyms ("resolution" is a kind of...):

statement (a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resolution"):

denouement (the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work)

Sense 11

Meaning:

A decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

he always wrote down his New Year's resolutions

Hypernyms ("resolution" is a kind of...):

conclusion; decision; determination (the act of making up your mind about something)

Derivation:

resolve (reach a decision)

 Context examples 

But the resolution was made only to be broken.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Mutation or deletion of the wild type allele can result in aberrations in blood coagulation, fibrin clot resolution and inflammatory responses.

(KNG1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

With resolution, said my aunt, shaking her cap at me, and clenching her hand.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

At Lowood, indeed, I took that resolution, kept it, and succeeded in pleasing; but with Mrs. Reed, I remember my best was always spurned with scorn.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

If anything came up, or will come up, it may take that long to come to a satisfactory resolution.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Emma's first resolution was to keep her father from the knowledge of what had passed,—aware of the anxiety and alarm it would occasion: but she soon felt that concealment must be impossible.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

He turned away to recover himself, and when he spoke again, though his voice still faltered, his manner shewed the wish of self-command, and the resolution of avoiding any farther allusion.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The resolution of doing so helped to form the comfort of their evening.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Refers to the resolution of an adverse event.

(Adverse Event Outcome, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Complete resolution of all signs and symptoms in all affected organs or tissues in chronic Graft versus Host Disease (cGVHD).

(Complete Response in cGVHD, NCI Thesaurus)