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Resolution(s) may refer to:
Common meanings
[edit]- Resolution (debate), the statement which is debated in policy debate
- Resolution (law), a written motion adopted by a deliberative body
- New Year's resolution, a commitment that an individual makes at New Year's Day
- Dispute resolution, the settlement of a disagreement
Science, technology, and mathematics
[edit]Mathematics and logic
[edit]- Resolution (algebra), an exact sequence in homological algebra
- Resolution (logic), a rule of inference used for automated theorem proving
- Standard resolution, the bar construction of resolutions in homological algebra
- Resolution of singularities in algebraic geometry
Measurements
[edit]- Resolution (audio), a measure of digital audio quality
- Resolution (electron density), the quality of an X-ray crystallography or cryo-electron microscopy data set
- Angular resolution, the capability of an optical or other sensor to discern small objects
- Depositional resolution, the age difference of fossils contained in one stratum
- Display resolution, the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed on a display device
- Graphic display resolutions, a list of particular display resolutions
- Distance resolution, the minimum distance that can be accurately measured
- Image resolution, a measure of the amount of detail in an image
- Optical resolution, the capability of an optical system to distinguish, find, or record details
- Printing resolution, the number of individual dots a printer can produce within a unit of distance (e.g., dots per inch)
- Sensor resolution, the smallest change a sensor can detect in the quantity that it is measuring
- Spectral resolution, the capability of an optical system to distinguish different frequencies
- Resolution of a spectrometer, the ability to distinguish two close-lying energies (or wavelengths, or frequencies, or masses)
- Resolution (chromatography), the separation of peaks in a chromatogram
- Resolution (mass spectrometry), the ability to distinguish peaks in a mass spectrum
- Spatial resolution, the pixel width on the ground
- Temporal resolution, the sampling frequency of a digital audio device
- In number storage, the resolution is the reciprocal of the unit in the last place
Other uses in science and technology
[edit]- Resolution (beam engine), an early steam engine at Coalbrookdale
- Chiral resolution, a process in stereochemistry for the separation of racemic compounds into their enantiomers
- URL resolution, a process in interpreting URLs
Arts and entertainment
[edit]Film and television
[edit]- "Resolutions" (Star Trek: Voyager), a 1996 second-season episode of Star Trek: Voyager
- Resolution (film), a 2012 horror movie
- "Resolution" (Doctor Who), a special episode of Doctor Who
- Resolution, an episode of the HBO TV Show Boardwalk Empire.
Literature and poetry
[edit]- Resolution (meter), the replacement of one longum with two brevia
- "Resolution", a poem by Bertolt Brecht
- Resolutions (short story), a 1911 short story by Franz Kafka
- Resolution (Parker novel), a 2008 novel by Robert B. Parker, a Western, sequel to Appaloosa
- Resolution (Wilson novel), a 2016 work of historical fiction by A. N. Wilson
Music
[edit]- Resolution (music), the move of a note or chord from dissonance to consonance
Albums
[edit]- Resolution (38 Special album), 1997
- Resolution (BoDeans album), 2004
- Resolution (Hamiet Bluiett album), 1977
- Resolution (Hidden in Plain View album), 2007
- Resolution (Lamb of God album), 2012
- Resolution (Andy Timmons album), 2006
- Resolution (Andy Pratt album), 1976
- Resolutions (album), a 2011 album by Dave Hause
EPs
[edit]- Resolution (EP), Matt Corby EP, 2013
Songs
[edit]- "Resolution" (Matt Corby song), 2013
- "Resolution" (Nick Lachey song), a 2006 song by Nick Lachey from What's Left of Me
- "Resolution", a John Coltrane (1926–1967) song from A Love Supreme
- "Resolution", a Mahavishnu Orchestra song from the album Birds of Fire
- "Resolution", by Romantic Mode, the second opening theme for the anime After War Gundam X
- "Resolution", by Haruka Tomatsu, the first opening theme for the anime Sword Art Online: Alicization War of Underworld
- "The Resolution", a 2008 Jack's Mannequin song from The Glass Passenger
Business and organizations
[edit]- Corporate resolution, a legal document defining which individuals are authorized to act on behalf of a corporation
- Resolution (talent agency), a talent agency in Los Angeles, New York, and Nashville
- Resolution Copper, a copper mining project near Superior, Arizona
- Resolution Foundation, an independent British think tank established in 2005
- Resolution Limited, a Guernsey-based investor in insurance companies
- Resolution plc, a defunct manager of in-force UK life funds acquired by Pearl Group in 2008
- Resolution (intellectual asset management company), an intellectual asset management and VHS manufacturing company established in 1982
Places
[edit]- Resolution, United States Virgin Islands
- 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 Island, a fictional island in the novel Brown on Resolution
- Fort Resolution, a hamlet in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada
Vessels
[edit]- Resolution, a Douglas DC-6 aircraft, BCPA Flight 304, which crashed near San Francisco in 1953
- Resolution (1793 ship), an American trading vessel whose crew were massacred in 1794
- HMNZS Resolution, Royal New Zealand Navy surveillance ship
- HMS Resolution, any of several British Royal Navy ships
- TIV Resolution, the world's first turbine installation vessel
- Resolution-class submarine, of the British Royal Navy
- Resolution (1802 ship), a brig built in Spain and launched in 1802