to resolve
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8.0
- verb
- /rɪˈzɑlv/
- Specialized
:
resolver
- The readouts remained fuzzy, but several resolved themselves into the same digits they'd held when he started.
- a telescope resolves
- resolve fine details
- resolve individual stars
But I will not be able to resolve the moon from the Earth.
- But I will not be able to resolve the moon from the Earth.
- Can I resolve the pixels on the phone?
- And the surprising thing that even as in a complex liquid like acetone, we can resolve these quantum effects.
- And I can happily report that the XR Elite lived up to at least the ability to resolve text.
- And so you get to a point which is around the plank length in size where you can't in principle try to resolve the structure of this thing.
- It's kind of weird if I have a layer height that's much taller than the what the actual pixels can resolve.
- And this is the key thing, because the bigger your telescope, the smaller the objects you can see and the more detail you can resolve.
- And so through non locality, your need of seeing how that data resolves is what makes that difference occur.
Examples
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Can I resolve the pixels on the phone?
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And I can happily report that the XR Elite lived up to at least the ability to resolve text.
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But I will not be able to resolve the moon from the Earth.
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The sharp points can resolve individual molecules and even atoms, but not bonds.
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Under exceptionally good conditions, this telescope was able to resolve star images 0.6 arc seconds wide.
Academic text (1990) -
Shortly, the approaching vehicle resolved into an orange Dodge Power Wagon of mid-sixties vintage.
Fiction book (1999) -
Even the Hubble Space Telescope cannot resolve features much smaller than 0.1 arcseconds.
Academic text (1997) -
As he neared it, the obstruction resolved itself into an old trolley.
Fiction book (2001) -
Vowel perception relies on spectral resolution to resolve the formant pattern that distinguishes between vowels.
Academic text (2012) -
The new microscope can resolve the tiniest details in the samples, making it easier for scientists to study them.
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
- Jargon
To fix conflicting changes in files so they can be combined into one version
Compounds
How Distinct
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3.1
- Specialized
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8.0
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3.1
252
1.0
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3.1
61
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Resolve (to make parts visible) comes from the Latin root solvere ('to loosen' or 'to separate') and is related to resolution, the word you know from screens and images. So to resolve an image or view is to 'separate' its parts and make them clear.