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resolution (iou)



resolution noun. LME.
[Latin resolutio(n-), from resolut-: see RESOLUTE verb, -ION.]
I. Death; a state of dissolution or decay. rare. LME-L16.
The process of reducing or separating a material object into or into constituent parts; a result of this; Chemistry separation of a compound or mixture into or into component substances, elements, optical isomers, etc. Also, conversion into a different form or substance. LME.
b. Chemistry. Liquefaction. Long rare. M17.
c. Orig. spec. the effect of an optical instrument (esp. an astronomical telescope) in making separate parts of an object distinguishable by the eye. Now also, the act, process, or capability of making distinguishable any objects or parts of an object, closely adjacent images, measurements, etc. in space or time; the smallest quantity which is measurable by such a process. M19.
Medicine. Orig., dissolution or dispersal of humours or accumulated matter in or from the body; occas. suppuration. Now spec., disappearance of a growth or inflammation without suppuration or permanent tissue damage. LME.
Relaxation or weakening of an organ or part of the body. Now rare or obsolete. M16.
II.
a. The process of reducing a non-material object into a simpler form or forms, or of converting it into or into some other thing or form; an instance of this. LME.
B. Jowett The resolution of justice into two unconnected precepts.
b. Prosody. The substitution of two short syllables for a long one. L19.
Math. & Logic. The examination of the truth or falsehood of a proposition by moving from a particular known truth to a more general principle. M16-E18.
Music.
a. The separation of the parts of a canon so that they are given on separate staves instead of being written on a single stave. M16-E19.
b. The action or process of causing discord to pass into concord; an instance of this. E18.
Mechanics. The separation of a force into two or more forces of which it is the resultant. L18.
III.
Determination; firmness or steadfastness of purpose; a resolute or unyielding temper. LME.
C. C. Trench He lacked the resolution..to press on to the enemy's destruction.
The action or an act of resolving or making up one's mind; anything resolved on; a positive intention. M16.
E. Simpson A list of resolutions for the New Year.
The removal of doubt from a person's mind; confidence; certainty. rare. L16-M17.
IV.
The answering of a question; the solving of doubt or a problem; the settlement of a dispute. Formerly also, an explanation, a solution; the supplying of an answer. L15.
N. Smith This type of story..from its opening to its crisis and resolution.
A formal decision or expression of opinion by a legislative assembly, committee, public meeting, etc.; a formulation of this. Also gen. (now rare), a statement; a decision, a verdict. M16.
J. F. Kennedy The..committee..adopted a resolution which deplored Germany's withdrawal. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies Considerations too complex for judicial resolution.
An explanatory account of something. L16-M17.
resolutioner noun (a) Hist. (Resolutioner) a Scottish supporter of the resolutions passed in 1650 for rehabilitating those who had not participated in the struggle against Cromwell; (b) gen. a person who formulates or supports a resolution: M17.
resolutionist noun a resolutioner M19.