high-resolution

[ hahy-rez-uh-loo-shuhn ]

adjective
  1. having or capable of producing an image characterized by fine detail: high-resolution photography; high-resolution lens.

  2. Computers. of or relating to CRTs, printers, or other output devices that produce images that are sharp and finely detailed rather than blurry and inexact (opposed to low-resolution).

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Origin of high-resolution

1
First recorded in 1945–50

Words Nearby high-resolution

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How to use high-resolution in a sentence

  • Notwithstanding the high resolution of Hawkeye he fully comprehended all the difficulties and danger he was about to incur.

    The Last of the Mohicans | James Fenimore Cooper
  • It has been shown that data collected by high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometers can be “fed” directly to a computer.

    The Atomic Fingerprint | Bernard Keisch
  • high-resolution images can be accessed by clicking on the images in the text.

    The Invasion | William Le Queux
  • Click on the maps at the end of the book to see high-resolution images.

    Dixmude | Charles Le Goffic
  • A storage version is thus possible which reverts to the standard scheme, for high-resolution inspection, when a button is pushed.