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low-resolution

low-resolution

4 4.6
Showing pictures with few details that look blocky
  • adjective
  • /loʊ ˌrɛzəˈluːʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : baja resolución
  • Is this a low resolution poster?
  • low-resolution image

Now I know what you're probably thinking is that the Chandra data is such low resolution in comparison to JWST.

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Examples

  • As for your camera, you may have inadvertently adjusted the settings to a lower resolution picture.

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  • The integrated graphics are just about good enough for some games at really low resolution.

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  • But if we put it back, as you can see, to a lower resolution like that and like that, things will now work perfectly.

  • It's called the Game Frame and it's the lowest resolution display ever made.

  • Many people, myself very much included, have a large archive of standard definition and other low resolution video files.

    ExplainingComputers

  • First of all, most of the DVD displays are very low resolution.

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  • However, the application icon has become pixelated and low resolution since the update to 4.2.

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  • The ancient device chewed for a while before filling its small, low-resolution display.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Despite the objectively low resolution of such images, their subjective impact and appeal are disproportionately great.

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  • The images displayed on the low-resolution screen were difficult to see clearly.

Synonyms

blurry
vslow-resolution
70 3.6

Looks unclear, so you cannot see details

is about low overall clarity rather than soft, hazy outlines
pixelated
vslow-resolution
1 4.1

Showing large square blocks because the image has low detail

is about general lack of sharp detail rather than blocky squares

Antonyms

high-resolution
  • Specialized
22 3.8

A picture or screen that shows very clear, sharp detail

How Detailed

high-definition television
  • Specialized
3 3.2
high-resolution
  • Specialized
22 3.8
low-resolution
  • Specialized
4 4.6
pixelated
1 4.7

Surface Forms

low-resolution positive

Morphology

low-resolution = low + resolution (transparent) = low + resolution

Built as an adjective compound 'low' + 'resolution' whose meaning (having little image detail) is directly derived from its parts.

Etymology

The word low-resolution combines low ('not high') and resolution ('how much detail or how clear an image is'), and resolution is the same idea found in resolve ('to make clear'). So, low-resolution means a picture has 'not much detail' and does not look sharp.