a decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner; "he always wrote down his New Year''s resolutions";
the trait of being resolute; firmness of purpose; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work";
analysis into clear-cut components;
something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "the finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure";
a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote;
a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places";
(music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord;
the subsidence of swelling or others signs of inflammation (especially in a lung);
the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together;
(computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture;
