Resolution

"Resolved" redirects here. For the film, see Resolved (film).

The term Resolution may refer to:

• Resolution (logic), a rule of inference used for automated theorem proving.
• Resolution (law), a written motion adopted by a deliberative body.
• Resolution (music), a technique in music theory.
• Resolution (meter), the replacement of one longum with two brevia
• New Year's resolution
• Resolution, a Douglas DC-6 aircraft, BCPA Flight 304, which crashed near San Francisco in 1953

Optics and electronics

• Display resolution, the level of detail on a display device, such as a monitor
• Temporal resolution, for example the sampling frequency of a digital audio device
• Image resolution, the level of detail of an image
• Optical resolution, the capability of an optical system to distinguish, detect, and/or record details
• Angular resolution, the capability of an optical or other sensor to discern small objects
• Sensor resolution
• Spatial resolution, the area on the ground that a single pixel covers.
• Bit resolution, or Bit depth, may refer to Color depth or Audio bit depth
• Printing resolution, the number of individual dots of ink or toner a printer can produce within a unit of distance (e.g., dots per inch)

Business

• Corporate resolution, a legal document defining which individuals are authorized to act on behalf of a corporation
• Resolution plc, a major manager of in-force UK life funds, part of the FTSE 100 index
• Resolution copper, a copper mining project in Arizona
• Resolution ,directors decision finalised in general meetings

Geography

• Resolution Island (Nunavut), in the Arctic region of Canada
• Resolution Island, New Zealand

Naval vessels

• HMS Resolution, any of several British Royal Navy ships
• HMNZS Resolution (A-14), Royal New Zealand Navy surveillance ship
• Resolution class submarine, British Royal Navy
• The Resolution, an American trading vessel whose crew were massacred in Cumshewa Inlet, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada in 1794

Mathematics

• Injective resolution, mathematical series
• Resolution of singularities in algebraic geometry
• Resolution (logic), a proof calculus for propositional logic and first-order logic.

Literature

• The fictitious "Resolution Island" was the setting of the novel Brown on Resolution by C. S. Forester

Other uses

• Conflict resolution is the process of attempting to resolve a dispute or a conflict.
• Name resolution, the process of retrieving information from the Domain Name System
• Resolution (electron density), resolution in structural biology