different between stamina vs resolution

English

Etymology

From Latin st?mina, plural of st?men.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?stæm?n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?stæm?n?/
• Rhymes: -æm?n?
• Hyphenation: stam?i?na

Noun

stamina (usually uncountable, plural staminas)

1. The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.

   He has a lot of stamina. I suppose that's why he can run for a long time.
2. (obsolete, uncountable, plural only) The basic elements of a thing; rudimentary structures or qualities.

Translations

Noun

stamina

1. (rare) plural of stamen
   • 1790, William Curtis, The Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-Garden Displayed, Volume 3, 2006 Gutenberg eBook edition,

     In the specimens we have examined, and which perhaps have been rendered luxuriant by culture, the number of stamina has been from twelve to sixteen; of styles, from six to eight; of flowers on the same stalk, from one to eight.

   • 1832 December 8, Spirit of Discovery, in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Number 579, 2005 Gutenberg eBook edition,

     The gay flowers of the hibiscus tiliaceus, as well as the splendid huth or Barringtonia speciosa, covered with its beautiful flowers, the petals of which are white, and the edges of the stamina delicately tinged with pink, give to the trees when in full bloom a magnificent appearance; the hibiscus rosa-chinensis, or kowa of the natives also grows in luxuriance and beauty.

Anagrams

• Mantias, Satnami, Tasmina, amastin, animats, manatis, manitas

Afrikaans

Noun

stamina (uncountable)

1. stamina

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sta?.mi.na/, [?s?t?ä?m?nä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sta.mi.na/, [?st???min?]

Noun

st?mina

1. nominative plural of st?men
2. accusative plural of st?men
3. vocative plural of st?men

References

• stamina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:obstinacy

Hyponyms

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See also

• polygon resolution
• texture resolution

References

• resolution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia