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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 or spatial 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
- 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 (mass spectrometry), the ability to distinguish peaks in a mass spectrum
- 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
Arts and entertainment
Film and television
- "Resolutions" (Star Trek: Voyager), a 1996 second series episode of Star Trek: Voyager
- Resolution (film), a 2012 horror movie
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 (novel), a 2008 novel by Robert B. Parker, a Western, sequel to Appaloosa
- Resolution Island (disambiguation), setting for Brown on Resolution, a 1929 novel by C. S. Forester, and the 1935 film adaptation
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, an album by The Happy End
- Resolution (Hidden in Plain View album), 2007
- Resolution (Lamb of God album), 2012
- Resolution (Andy Timmons album), 2006
- Resolutions (Dave Hause album), a 2011 album by Dave Hause
- Resolution (Andy Pratt album), the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Andy Pratt
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
- "The Resolution", a 2008 Jack's Mannequin song from The Glass Passenger
- "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
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 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
- 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 (A14), 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, British Royal Navy
- Resolution (1802 ship), a brig built in Spain and launched in 1802
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