Resolution(s) may refer to:

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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

  • Resolution (film), a 2012 horror movie
  • "Resolution" (Boardwalk Empire), a 2012 television episode
  • "Resolution" (Doctor Who), a 2019 television episode
  • "Resolutions" (Not Going Out), a 2020 television episode
  • "Resolutions" (Star Trek: Voyager), a 1996 television episode

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

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See also

  • Resolve (disambiguation)
  • Resolved (disambiguation)