Resolution

Resolution may refer to:

General topics

• Resolution (debate), the statement which is debated in policy debate
• Resolution (law), a written motion adopted by a deliberative body
• Resolution (logic), a rule of inference used for automated theorem proving
• Resolution (music), the move of a note or chord from dissonance to consonance
• New Year's resolution, a commitment that an individual makes at New Year's Day
• Resolution (beam engine), an early steam engine at Coalbrookdale
• Dispute resolution, the settlement of a disagreement

Measurement resolution

• Display resolution, the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed on a display device
• Resolution (audio), a measure of digital audio quality
• Spectral resolution, the capability of an optical system to distinguish different frequencies
• Sensor resolution, the smallest change a sensor can detect in the quantity that it is measuring
• 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
• Image resolution, a measure of the amount of detail in an image
• Printing resolution, the number of individual dots a printer can produce within a unit of distance (e.g., dots per inch)

Business or organization

• Corporate resolution, a legal document defining which individuals are authorized to act on behalf of a corporation

Places

• 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, United States Virgin Islands

Vessels

• HMS Resolution, any of several Royal Navy ships
• HMNZS Resolution (A14), Royal New Zealand Navy surveillance ship
• Resolution-class submarine, British Royal Navy
• Resolution (1793 ship), an American trading vessel whose crew were massacred in 1794

Mathematics

• Resolution (algebra), an exact sequence in homological algebra
• Standard resolution, the bar construction of resolutions in homological algebra
• Resolution (logic), an inference rule for refutation-based theorem proving
• Resolution of singularities in algebraic geometry

Music

• "Resolution", a John Coltrane (1926–1967) song from A Love Supreme
• "Resolution", by Romantic Mode, the second opening theme for the anime After War Gundam X
• "Resolution", a poem by Bertolt Brecht
• "Resolution", a Mahavishnu Orchestra song from the album Birds of Fire