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res|o|lu|tion
res|o|lu|tion «REHZ uh LOO shuhn», noun.
1. a thing decided on; thing determined: »

I made a resolution to get up early.

2. the act of resolving or determining.
3. the power of holding firmly to a purpose; determination: »

Lincoln's resolution overcame his poverty and lack of schooling.

4. a formal expression of opinion: »

a joint resolution of the Congress. The club passed a resolution thanking the teacher for his help throughout the year. Strong resolutions were adopted [in Parliament] against the queen (Macaulay).

5. the act of breaking into parts.
6. the act or result of solving; solution: »

the resolution of a problem, the resolution of a plot in a novel. Of this question…we must be content to live without the resolution (Samuel Johnson).

7. Medicine. the reduction or disappearance of inflammation without the formation of pus.
8. 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 by which this is effected.
9. Optics. the ability of a lens to produce separate images of objects that are very close together; resolving power: »

Resolution is the capacity of a lens to show two close objects as two, rather than as a single fuzzy one (Scientific American).


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