ˌrezəˈlu:ʃən n. 1 a
resolute temper or
character; boldness
and firmness of
purpose. 2 a
thing resolved on; an
intention (New Year's resolutions). 3 a a
formal expression of
opinion or intention by a
legislative body or
public meeting. b
the formulation of
this (passed a resolution). 4 (usu. foll. by of) the
act or an
instance of solving
doubt or a
problem or
question (towards a resolution of the difficulty). 5 a
separation into components; decomposition. b the replacing of a
single force etc. by
two or
more jointly
equivalent to
it. 6 (foll. by into)
analysis;
conversion into
another form. 7 Mus. the act or an instance of causing
discord to pass into
concord. 8
Physics etc. the smallest
interval measurable by a
scientific instrument; the resolving
power. 9
Med. the disappearance of
inflammation etc.
without suppuration. 10
Prosody the substitution of two
short syllables
for one long. [ME f. L resolutio (as RESOLVE)]