3. The state of being resolved, settled, or determined; firmness;
steadiness; constancy; determination.
Be it with resolution then to fight.
Shak.
4. That which is resolved or determined; a settled purpose;
determination. Specifically: A formal expression of the opinion or will
of an official body or a public assembly, adopted by vote; as, a
legislative resolution; the resolutions of a public meeting.
5. The state of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought;
conviction; assurance. [Obs.]
Little resolution and certainty there is as touching the islands of
Mauritania.
Holland.
6. (Math.) The act or process of solving; solution; as, the resolution
of an equation or problem.
7. (Med.) A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever,
a tumor, or the like.
8. (Mus.) The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord by the
rising or falling of the note which makes the discord.
Joint resolution. See under Joint, a. -- Resolution of a force or
motion (Mech.), the separation of a single force or motion into two or
more which have different directions, and, taken together, are an
equivalent for the single one; -- the opposite of composition of a
force. -- Resolution of a nebula (Astron.), the exhibition of it to the
eye by a telescope of such power as to show it to be composed of small
stars.
Syn. -- Decision; analysis; separation; disentanglement; dissolution;
resolvedness; resoluteness; firmness; constancy; perseverance;
steadfastness; fortitude; boldness; purpose; resolve. See Decision.
Res`o*lu"tion*er (-?r), n. One who makes a resolution; one who joins
with others in a declaration or resolution; specifically, one of a
party in the Scottish Church in the 17th century.
He was sequestrated afterwards as a Resolutioner.
Sir W. Scott.
Res`o*lu"tion*ist, n. One who makes a resolution.
Res"o*lu`tive (r?z"?-lu`t?v), a. [Cf.F. résolutif.] Serving to dissolve
or relax. [R.] Johnson.