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.
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a resolve or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something.
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the act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc.
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the mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute; firmness of purpose.
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the act or process of resolving or separating into constituent or elementary parts.
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the resulting state.
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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.
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a solution, accommodation, or settling of a problem, controversy, etc.
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Music.
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the progression of a voice part or of the harmony as a whole from a dissonance to a consonance.
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the tone or chord to which a dissonance is resolved.
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reduction to a simpler form; conversion.
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Medicine/Medical. the reduction or disappearance of a swelling or inflammation without suppuration.
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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.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L resolūtiōn- (s. of resolūtiō), equiv. to resolūt(us) resolute+ -iōn--ion]
The state or quality of being resolute; firm determination.
A resolving to do something.
A course of action determined or decided on.
A formal statement of a decision or expression of opinion put before or adopted by an assembly such as the U.S. Congress.
Physics & Chemistry The act or process of separating or reducing something into its constituent parts: the prismatic resolution of sunlight into its spectral colors.
The fineness of detail that can be distinguished in an image, as on a video display terminal.
Medicine The subsiding or termination of an abnormal condition, such as a fever or an inflammation.
Law A court decision.
An explanation, as of a problem or puzzle; a solution.
The part of a literary work in which the complications of the plot are resolved or simplified.
The progression of a dissonant tone or chord to a consonant tone or chord.
The tone or chord to which such a progression is made.
Music
The progression of a dissonant tone or chord to a consonant tone or chord.
The tone or chord to which such a progression is made.
The substitution of one metrical unit for another, especially the substitution of two short syllables for one long syllable in quantitative verse.
1412, "a breaking into parts," from L. resolutionem (nom. resolutio) "process of reducing things into simpler forms," from pp. stem of resolvere "loosen" (see resolve). Originally sense of "solving" (as of mathematical problems) first recorded 1548, that of "holding firmly" (in resolute) 1533, and that of "decision or expression of a meeting" is from 1604.
a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote
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the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together [syn: resolving power]
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the trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work" [syn: resoluteness] [ant: irresoluteness]
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finding a solution to a problem
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something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure" [syn: settlement]
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analysis into clear-cut components
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(computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture
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the subsidence of swelling or other signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)
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(music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord [ant: preparation]
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a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places" [syn: solution]
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a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner; "he always wrote down his New Year's resolutions"
a firm decision (to do something) Example: He made a resolution to get up early.
Arabic:
تَصْميم
Chinese (Simplified):
决心
Chinese (Traditional):
決心
Czech:
odhodlání
Danish:
beslutning
Dutch:
besluit
Estonian:
otsus
Finnish:
päätös
French:
résolution
German:
der Entschluß
Greek:
απόφαση
Hungarian:
elhatározás
Icelandic:
ákvörðun; ásetningur
Indonesian:
tekad
Italian:
decisione
Japanese:
決意
Korean:
결심, 결의
Latvian:
lēmums; apņemšanās
Lithuanian:
tvirtas apsisprendimas
Norwegian:
beslutning
Polish:
postanowienie
Portuguese (Brazil):
resolução
Portuguese (Portugal):
resolução
Romanian:
hotărâre
Russian:
намерение
Slovak:
odhodlanie
Slovenian:
odločitev
Spanish:
resolución
Swedish:
beslut
Turkish:
sıkı karar
resolution2[rezəˈluːʃən]noun
an opinion or decision formally expressed by a group of people, eg at a public meeting Example: The meeting passed a resolution in favour of allowing women to join the society.
resolution 1. the maximum number of pixels that can be displayed on a monitor, expressed as (number of horizontal pixels) x (number of vertical pixels), i.e., 1024x768. The ratio of horizontal to vertical resolution is usually 4:3, the same as that of conventional television sets. 2. A mechanical method for proving statements of first order logic, introduced by J. A. Robinson in 1965. Resolution is applied to two clauses in a sentence. It eliminates, by unification, a literal that occurs "positive" in one and "negative" in the other to produce a new clause, the resolvent. For example, given the sentence: (man(X) => mortal(X)) AND man(socrates). The literal "man(X)" is "negative". The literal "man(socrates)" could be considered to be on the right hand side of the degenerate implication True => man(socrates) and is therefore "positive". The two literals can be unified by the binding X = socrates. The truth table for the implication function is A | B | A => B --+---+------- F | F | T F | T | T T | F | F T | T | T (The implication only fails if its premise is true but its conclusion is false). From this we can see that A => B == (NOT A) OR B Which is why the left hand side of the implication is said to be negative and the right positive. The sentence above could thus be written ((NOT man(socrates)) OR mortal(socrates)) AND man(socrates) Distributing the AND over the OR gives ((NOT man(socrates)) AND man(socrates)) OR mortal(socrates) AND man(socrates) And since (NOT A) AND A == False, and False OR A == A we can simplify to just mortal(socrates) AND man(socrates) So we have proved the new literal, mortal(socrates). Resolution with backtracking is the basic control mechanism of Prolog. See also modus ponens, SLD Resolution. 3. address resolution. (1996-02-09)
De*ci"sion\, n. [L. decisio, fr. dec[=i]dere, decisum: cf. F. d['e]cision. See Decide.]1. Cutting off; division; detachment of a part. [Obs.] --Bp. Pearson. 2. The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion. The decision of some dispute. --Atterbury. 3. An account or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause; as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision of the Supreme Court. 4. The quality of being decided; prompt and fixed determination; unwavering firmness; as, to manifest great decision. Syn: Decision, Determination, Resolution. Usage: Each of these words has two meanings, one implying the act of deciding, determining, or resolving; and the other a habit of mind as to doing. It is in the last sense that the words are here compared. Decision is a cutting short. It implies that several courses of action have been presented to the mind, and that the choice is now finally made. It supposes, therefore, a union of promptitude and energy. Determination is the natural consequence of decision. It is the settling of a thing with a fixed purpose to adhere. Resolution is the necessary result in a mind which is characterized by firmness. It is a spirit which scatters (resolves) all doubt, and is ready to face danger or suffering in carrying out one's determinations. Martin Luther was equally distinguished for his prompt decision, his steadfast determination, and his inflexible resolution.
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