Resolution

Resolution(s) may refer to:

Common meanings

• 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

Mathematics and logic

• 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

• 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

• 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

Film and television

• "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 (Boardwalk Empire), an episode of the TV series Boardwalk Empire

Literature and poetry

• 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
• Resolution, a 2024 novel by Irvine Welsh

Music

• Resolution (music), the move of a note or chord from dissonance to consonance

Albums

• 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
• Resolution (EP), a 2013 EP by Matt Corby

Songs

• "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

• 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

Places

• 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

• 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
• Spanish ironclad Méndez Núñez, a Spanish Navy ship in commission as the screw frigate Resolución ("Resolution") from 1862 to 1870 prior to her conversion into a armored frigate

See also

• Resolve (disambiguation)
• Resolved (disambiguation)