Resolution - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Abandon, Ablation, Accommodation, Accuracy, Act, Action, Adaptation, Aim, Alchemy, Ambition, Anacrusis, Analysis, Anatomy, Animus, Answer, Appetite, Application

The word resolution has several meanings, depending on context.

Resolution (law), an action taken by a deliberative body, usually a legislature

Angular resolution, the capability of an optical sensor to discern small objects
Sensor resolution, the precision of a quantitative sensor
Image resolution, the level of detail of an image
Display resolution, the level of detail on a display device
Resolution (music), a technique in music theory
Injective resolutions, projective resolutions and exact resolutions are certain series in mathematics
First-order resolution, a proof procedure for First-Order-Logic introduced by Robinson.
Resolution Island, in the Arctic of Canada
Resolution Island Galapagos, in the novel Brown on Resolution by C.S. Forester

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