different between resolvent vs resolution

English

Etymology

From Latin resolvens, present participle of resolvere: compare French résolvant. See resolve.

Adjective

resolvent (comparative more resolvent, superlative most resolvent)

1. Able to resolve (separate) the constituents of a mixture

Noun

resolvent (plural resolvents)

1. Any substance or material able to resolve the constituents of a mixture; a solvent.
2. (medicine) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.

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3. (mathematics) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends.

Derived terms

• pseudoresolvent

Anagrams

• Levertons

Latin

Verb

resolvent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of resolv?

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1412, as Middle English resolucioun (“a breaking into part”), either from Anglo-Norman resolucion or directly from Latin resol?ti? (“a loosening, solution”), from resolv? (“I loosen”), itself from the intensive prefix re- + solv? (“I loosen”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z??lu??(?)n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z??l(j)u?(?)n/
• Rhymes: -u???n
• Hyphenation: re?so?lu?tion

Noun

resolution (countable and uncountable, plural resolutions)

1. A strong will, determination.
2. The state of being resolute.

3. A statement of intent, a vow

4. The act of discerning detail.
5. (computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).

6. (computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.

7. (computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; lookup.

   name resolution

8. (mathematics) The act or process of solving; solution.

   the resolution of an equation

9. A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.

   The resolution was passed by a two-thirds majority.

10. (sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
11. (sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
12. (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
13. (literature) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
14. (medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.

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• See also Thesaurus:obstinacy

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See also

• polygon resolution
• texture resolution

References

• resolution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia