Resolution

Resolution may refer to:

• Resolution (audio), a measure of digital audio quality
• Resolution (logic), a rule of inference used for automated theorem proving
• Resolution (law), a written motion adopted by a deliberative body
• Resolution (debate), the statement which is debated in policy debate
• Resolution (music), a technique in music theory
• Resolution (meter), the replacement of one longum with two brevia
• New Year's resolution, a commitment that an individual makes at New Year's Day
• Chiral resolution, a process in stereochemistry for the separation of racemic compounds into their enantiomers
• Resolution, a Douglas DC-6 aircraft, BCPA Flight 304, which crashed near San Francisco in 1953
• Resolution, United States Virgin Islands

Measurement resolution

• Display resolution, the level of information on a display device, such as a monitor
  • Graphic display resolutions, a list of particular display resolutions
• Temporal resolution, the sampling frequency of a digital audio device
• Optical resolution, the capability of an optical system to distinguish, find, or record details
• Angular resolution, the capability of an optical or other sensor to discern small objects
• 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 (electron density), the quality of an X-ray crystallography data set
• 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)
• In number storage, the resolution is the reciprocal of the unit in the last place

Business

• Corporate resolution, a legal document defining which individuals are authorized to act on behalf of a corporation
• Resolution plc, a defunct major manager of in-force UK life funds acquired by Pearl Group in 2008
• Resolution Limited, a Guernsey-based investor in insurance companies
• Resolution Copper, a copper mining project in near Superior, Arizona

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

Vessels

• HMS Resolution, any of several British Royal Navy ships
• HMNZS Resolution (A14), Royal New Zealand Navy surveillance ship
• Resolution-class submarine, British Royal Navy
• The Resolution (ship), an American trading vessel whose crew were massacred in 1794
• TIV Resolution, the world's first Turbine Installation Vessel

Mathematics

• Resolution (algebra), a sequence in homological algebra
  • Free resolution, a sequence of free modules
  • Injective resolution, a sequence of injective modules
  • Projective resolution, a sequence of projective modules, the dual of an injective resolution
• Resolution of singularities in algebraic geometry

Music

• Resolution (38 Special album), 1997
• Resolution (Lamb of God album), 2012
• Resolution (Andy Timmons album), 2006
• Resolution (BoDeans album), 2004
• Resolution (Hamiet Bluiett album), 1977
• Resolutions (album), an album by Dave Hause
• Resolution (Hidden in Plain View album), 2007
• Resolution, an album by The Happy End
• "Resolution" (song), a 2006 song by Nick Lachey from What's Left of Me
• The John Coltrane song "Resolution" (1926–1967), from A Love Supreme
• The Jack's Mannequin song, "The Resolution", from The Glass Passenger
• "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

Fiction

• "Resolutions" (Star Trek: Voyager), a 1996 second series episode of Star Trek: Voyager
• Resolution (novel), a 2008 novel by Robert B. Parker, a Western, sequel to Appaloosa

Film

• Resolved (film), a film about policy debate