resolution

noun15

1. •
   A firm decision or an official decision.
2. •
   A statement of intent, a vow.

   • By February, most New Year’s resolutions are forgotten.
   • My resolution is to cut back on the fast food this year.
3. •
   A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.

   • The resolution was passed by a two-thirds majority.
4. •
   The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; the process of executing a link to it.
5. •
   The act or process of resolving: solving.
6. •
   The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).

   • Printing at higher resolution will cause a reduction in performance.
7. •
   The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.

   • This monitor's maximum resolution is 1600 × 1200.
8. •
   The degree of fineness of such a separation.
9. •
   A strong will; the state of being resolute.

   • His stalwart resolution is perhaps admirable, perhaps foolish.
10. •
    The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
11. •
    The act of discerning detail.
12. •
    The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
13. •
    Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
14. •
    In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.
15. •
    An exact sequence of modules (or, objects in the same category as M) either terminating in M or such that M is the homology at degree zero. See Resolution (algebra).