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res⋅o⋅lu⋅tion

  [rez-uh-loo-shuhn]
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–noun
1. 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.
2. a resolve or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something.
3. the act of resolving or determining upon an action or course of action, method, procedure, etc.
4. the mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute; firmness of purpose.
5. the act or process of resolving or separating into constituent or elementary parts.
6. the resulting state.
7. 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.
8. a solution, accommodation, or settling of a problem, controversy, etc.
9. Music.
a. the progression of a voice part or of the harmony as a whole from a dissonance to a consonance.
b. the tone or chord to which a dissonance is resolved.
10. reduction to a simpler form; conversion.
11. Medicine/Medical. the reduction or disappearance of a swelling or inflammation without suppuration.
12. 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

Synonyms:
4. resolve, determination, perseverance, tenacity; strength, fortitude.
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res·o·lu·tion   (rěz'ə-lōō'shən)   
n.  

  1. The state or quality of being resolute; firm determination.

  2. A resolving to do something.

  3. A course of action determined or decided on.

  4. A formal statement of a decision or expression of opinion put before or adopted by an assembly such as the U.S. Congress.

  5. Physics & Chemistry The act or process of separating or reducing something into its constituent parts: the prismatic resolution of sunlight into its spectral colors.

  6. The fineness of detail that can be distinguished in an image, as on a video display terminal.

  7. Medicine The subsiding or termination of an abnormal condition, such as a fever or an inflammation.

  8. Law A court decision.

    1. An explanation, as of a problem or puzzle; a solution.

    2. The part of a literary work in which the complications of the plot are resolved or simplified.

    3. The progression of a dissonant tone or chord to a consonant tone or chord.

    4. The tone or chord to which such a progression is made.

  10. Music

    1. The progression of a dissonant tone or chord to a consonant tone or chord.

    2. The tone or chord to which such a progression is made.

  11. The substitution of one metrical unit for another, especially the substitution of two short syllables for one long syllable in quantitative verse.

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Word Origin & History

resolution 
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: res·o·lu·tion
Pronunciation: "re-z&-'lü-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : a formal expression of opinion, will, or intention voted by an official body (as a legislature) or assembled group —see also CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, JOINT RESOLUTION
2 : an expression or document containing authorization usually by a corporate board of directors of a particular act, transaction, agent, or representative resolution authorizing counsel to bind the corporation to a settlement>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: res·o·lu·tion
Pronunciation: "rez-&-'lü-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the separating of a chemical compoundor mixture into its constituents
2 : the process or capability of making distinguishable the individual parts of an object, closely adjacent optical images, or sources of light
3 : the subsidence of a pathological state (as inflammation)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

resolution res·o·lu·tion (rěz'ə-l&oomacr;'shən)
n.

  1. The subsiding or termination of an abnormal condition, such as a fever or an inflammation.

  2. The act or process of separating or reducing something into its constituent parts.

  3. The fineness of detail that can be distinguished in an image, as on a video display terminal.

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