| slovo | definícia |
resolving
(encz) | resolving,rozhodnutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
Resolving
(gcide) | Resolve \Re*solve"\ (r?*z?lv"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Resolved
(-z?lvd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Resolving.] [L. resolvere,
resolutum, to untie, loosen, relax, enfeeble; pref. re- re- +
solvere to loosen, dissolve: cf. F. r['e]soudare to resolve.
See Solve, and cf. Resolve, v. i., Resolute,
Resolution.]
1. To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the
constituent elements; -- said of compound substances;
hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve.
[1913 Webster]
O, that this too too solid flesh would melt,
Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew! --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Ye immortal souls, who once were men,
And now resolved to elements again. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
2. To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; -- said of
complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or
certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel;
to explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as,
to resolve a riddle. "Resolve my doubt." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
To the resolving whereof we must first know that the
Jews were commanded to divorce an unbelieving
Gentile. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
3. To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to
inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
[1913 Webster]
Sir, be resolved. I must and will come. --Beau. &
Fl.
[1913 Webster]
Resolve me, Reason, which of these is worse,
Want with a full, or with an empty purse? --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
In health, good air, pleasure, riches, I am resolved
it can not be equaled by any region. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
[1913 Webster]
We must be resolved how the law can be pure and
perspicuous, and yet throw a polluted skirt over
these Eleusinian mysteries. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
4. To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind;
to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected
event.
[1913 Webster]
5. To express, as an opinion or determination, by resolution
and vote; to declare or decide by a formal vote; --
followed by a clause; as, the house resolved (or, it was
resolved by the house) that no money should be apropriated
(or, to appropriate no money).
[1913 Webster]
6. To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used
only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a
committee of the whole.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Math.) To solve, as a problem, by enumerating the several
things to be done, in order to obtain what is required; to
find the answer to, or the result of. --Hutton.
[1913 Webster]
8. (Med.) To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an
inflammation or a tumor.
[1913 Webster]
9. (Mus.) To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their
several tendencies, resulting in a concord.
[1913 Webster]
10. To relax; to lay at ease. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
To resolve a nebula.(Astron.) See Resolution of a nebula,
under Resolution.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To solve; analyze; unravel; disentangle.
[1913 Webster] |
resolving
(wn) | resolving
n 1: analysis into clear-cut components [syn: resolution,
resolving] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
resolving
(encz) | resolving,rozhodnutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
resolving power
(encz) | resolving power, n: |
Preresolving
(gcide) | Preresolve \Pre`re*solve"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Preresolved; p. pr. & vb. n. Preresolving.]
To resolve beforehand; to predetermine. --Sir E. Dering.
[1913 Webster] |
resolving power
(gcide) | Resolution \Res`o*lu"tion\ (-l?"sh?n), n. [F. r['e]solution. L.
resolutio a loosening, solution. See Resolve.]
1. The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically:
(a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or
component parts.
(b) The act of analyzing a complex notion, or solving a
vexed question or difficult problem.
[1913 Webster]
The unraveling and resolution of the
difficulties that are met with in the execution
of the design are the end of an action.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
2. The state of being relaxed; relaxation. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
3. The state of being resolved, settled, or determined;
firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination.
[1913 Webster]
Be it with resolution then to fight. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
5. The state of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought;
conviction; assurance. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Little resolution and certainty there is as touching
the islands of Mauritania. --Holland.
[1913 Webster]
6. (Math.) The act or process of solving; solution; as, the
resolution of an equation or problem.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Med.) A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of
a fever, a tumor, or the like.
[1913 Webster]
8. (Mus.) The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord
by the rising or falling of the note which makes the
discord.
[1913 Webster]
9. (Technical) The act of distinguishing between two close
but not identical objects, or, when taking a measurement,
bbetween two close values of the property measured.
[PJC]
10. (Technical) a measure of the ability to distinguish
between two close but not identical values of the
property being measured; it is expressed as the
difference in values of a property necessary to make such
a distinction; as, a microscope with a resolution of one
micron; a thermometer with a resolution of one-tenth of a
degree. Also called resolving power.
[PJC]
Joint resolution. See under Joint, a.
Resolution of a force or Resolution of a 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.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Decision; analysis; separation; disentanglement;
dissolution; resolvedness; resoluteness; firmness;
constancy; perseverance; steadfastness; fortitude;
boldness; purpose; resolve. See Decision.
[1913 Webster] |
Unresolving
(gcide) | Unresolving \Unresolving\
See resolving. |
resolving
(wn) | resolving
n 1: analysis into clear-cut components [syn: resolution,
resolving] |
resolving power
(wn) | resolving power
n 1: the ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the
angular separation of images that are close together [syn:
resolving power, resolution] |
|