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Resolution vs. Threshold — What's the Difference?

Resolution vs. Threshold — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Resolution and Threshold

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Resolution

A firm decision to do or not to do something
She kept her resolution not to see Anne any more
A New Year's resolution

Threshold

A piece of wood or stone placed beneath a door; a doorsill.

Resolution

The quality of being determined or resolute
He handled the last British actions of the war with resolution

Threshold

Either end of an airport runway.

Resolution

The action of solving a problem or contentious matter
A successful resolution to the problem
The peaceful resolution of all disputes
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Threshold

The place or point of beginning; the outset
On the threshold of a new era.

Resolution

The process of reducing or separating something into constituent parts or components.

Threshold

The point that must be exceeded to begin producing a given effect or result or to elicit a response
A low threshold of pain.

Resolution

The smallest interval measurable by a telescope or other scientific instrument; the resolving power.

Threshold

The bottom-most part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.

Resolution

The conversion of something abstract into another form
The gradual resolution of an uncertain feeling into a named emotion

Threshold

(by extension) An entrance; the door or gate of a house.

Resolution

The state or quality of being resolute; firm determination
Faced the situation with resolution.

Threshold

(by extension) Any end or boundary.

Resolution

A firm decision to do something
Made a resolution to get more exercise.

Threshold

(figurative) The outset of something; the point of entry, or the beginning of an action.

Resolution

A course of action determined or decided on
His resolution is to get up early.

Threshold

(aviation) The start of the landing area of a runway.

Resolution

The act of solving or explaining a problem or puzzle.

Threshold

(engineering) The quantitative point at which an action is triggered, especially a lower limit.

Resolution

The resolving or concluding of a dispute or disagreement.

Threshold

The wage or salary at which income tax becomes due.

Resolution

The part of a literary work in which the complications of the plot are resolved or simplified.

Threshold

The point where one is mentally or physically vulnerable in response to a provocation or to other nuisances.

Resolution

A formal statement of a decision or expression of opinion put before or adopted by an assembly such as the US Congress.

Threshold

The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door.

Resolution

Physics & Chemistry The act or process of separating or reducing something into its constituent parts
The prismatic resolution of sunlight into its spectral colors.

Threshold

Fig.: The place or point of entering or beginning, entrance; outset; as, the threshold of life.

Resolution

The clarity or fineness of detail that can be distinguished in an image, often measured as the number or the density of the discrete units, such as pixels or dots, that compose it.

Threshold

The starting point for a new state or experience;
On the threshold of manhood

Resolution

(Medicine) The subsiding or termination of an abnormal condition, such as a fever or inflammation.

Threshold

The smallest detectable sensation

Resolution

The progression of a dissonant tone or chord to a consonant tone or chord.

Threshold

The entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close;
He stuck his head in the doorway

Resolution

The tone or chord to which such a progression is made.

Threshold

The sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offer support when passing through a doorway

Resolution

The substitution of one metrical unit for another, especially the substitution of two short syllables for one long syllable in quantitative verse.

Threshold

A region marking a boundary

Resolution

A strong will, determination.

Resolution

The state of being resolute.
His stalwart resolution is perhaps admirable, perhaps foolish.

Resolution

A statement of intent, a vow
By February, most New Year's resolutions are forgotten.
My resolution is to cut back on the fast food this year.

Resolution

The act of discerning detail.

Resolution

(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).
Printing at higher resolution will cause a reduction in performance.

Resolution

(computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
This monitor's maximum resolution is 1600 × 1200.

Resolution

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

Resolution

(math) The act or process of solving; solution.
The resolution of an equation

Resolution

A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
The resolution was passed by a two-thirds majority.

Resolution

(sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).

Resolution

(sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.

Resolution

(music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.

Resolution

(literature) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.

Resolution

(medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.

Resolution

The act, operation, or process of resolving.
The unraveling and resolution of the difficulties that are met with in the execution of the design are the end of an action.

Resolution

The state of being relaxed; relaxation.

Resolution

The state of being resolved, settled, or determined; firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination.
Be it with resolution then to fight.

Resolution

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.

Resolution

The state of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought; conviction; assurance.
Little resolution and certainty there is as touching the islands of Mauritania.

Resolution

The act or process of solving; solution; as, the resolution of an equation or problem.

Resolution

A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like.

Resolution

The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord by the rising or falling of the note which makes the discord.

Resolution

The act of distinguishing between two close but not identical objects, or, when taking a measurement, bbetween two close values of the property measured.

Resolution

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.

Resolution

A formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote

Resolution

The ability of a microscope or telescope to measure the angular separation of images that are close together

Resolution

The trait of being resolute; firmness of purpose;
His resoluteness carried him through the battle
It was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work

Resolution

Finding a solution to a problem

Resolution

Something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making;
The finally reached a settlement with the union
They never did achieve a final resolution of their differences
He needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure

Resolution

Analysis into clear-cut components

Resolution

(computer science) the number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display; the greater the resolution, the better the picture

Resolution

The subsidence of swelling or others signs of inflammation (especially in a lung)

Resolution

(music) a dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord

Resolution

A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem;
They were trying to find a peaceful solution
The answers were in the back of the book
He computed the result to four decimal places

Resolution

A decision to do something or to behave in a certain manner;
He always wrote down his New Year's resolutions

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