Resolution

Resolution may refer to:

General topics

  • Resolution (debate), the statement which is debated in policy debate
  • Resolution (law), a written motion adopted by a deliberative body
  • Resolution (logic), a rule of inference used for automated theorem proving
  • Resolution (music), the move of a note or chord from dissonance to consonance
  • New Year's resolution, a commitment that an individual makes at New Year's Day
  • Resolution (beam engine), an early steam engine at Coalbrookdale
  • Dispute resolution, the settlement of a disagreement

Measurement resolution

  • Display resolution, the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed on a display device
  • Resolution (audio), a measure of digital audio quality
  • Spectral resolution, the capability of an optical system to distinguish different frequencies
  • Sensor resolution, the smallest change a sensor can detect in the quantity that it is measuring
  • Resolution of a spectrometer, the ability to distinguish two close-lying energies (or wavelengths, or frequencies, or masses)
    • Resolution (mass spectrometry), the ability to distinguish peaks in a mass spectrum
  • Image resolution, a measure of the amount of detail in an image
  • Printing resolution, the number of individual dots a printer can produce within a unit of distance (e.g., dots per inch)

Business or organization

  • Corporate resolution, a legal document defining which individuals are authorized to act on behalf of a corporation

Places

  • Resolution Island (Nunavut), in the Arctic region of Canada
  • Resolution Island, New Zealand, the largest (uninhabited) island in Fiordland, in the southwest of New Zealand
  • Resolution, United States Virgin Islands

Vessels

  • HMS Resolution, any of several Royal Navy ships
  • HMNZS Resolution (A14), Royal New Zealand Navy surveillance ship
  • Resolution-class submarine, British Royal Navy
  • Resolution (1793 ship), an American trading vessel whose crew were massacred in 1794

Mathematics

  • Resolution (algebra), an exact sequence in homological algebra
  • Standard resolution, the bar construction of resolutions in homological algebra
  • Resolution (logic), an inference rule for refutation-based theorem proving
  • Resolution of singularities in algebraic geometry

Music

  • "Resolution", a John Coltrane (1926–1967) song from A Love Supreme
  • "Resolution", by Romantic Mode, the second opening theme for the anime After War Gundam X
  • "Resolution", a poem by Bertolt Brecht
  • "Resolution", a Mahavishnu Orchestra song from the album Birds of Fire


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