BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Resolution
- a proposal put to a meeting, for example, an Annual Meeting of shareholders, on which those present and eligible can vote.
- See also Extraordinary Resolution
Wiktionary Definition for: Resolution
- The state of being resolute.
- Ex: ''His stalwart resolution is perhaps admirable, perhaps foolish.''
- A statement of intent (often New Year's resolution).
- Ex: ''My resolution is to cut back on the fast food this year.''
- The act of discerning detail.
- computing 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).
- Ex: ''Printing at higher resolution will cause a reduction in performance.''
- cattag computer hardware The number of pixels in an image that are stored or displayed.
- Ex: ''This monitor's maximum resolution is 600x800.''
- A formal statement adopted by an assembly.
- science The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
- science The degree of fineness of such a separation.
- music Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
Additional Resources
- Resolution in $3.1 Billion Friends Buy, Sees More Deals
- By Myles Neligan and Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Resolution RSL, an acquisitions vehicle founded by entrepreneur Clive Cowdery, clinched its first deal on Tuesday with the 1.86 billion pound ($3.1 billion) takeover of insurer Friends Provident FP. Resolution, created last year to buy life insurers and asset managers,...
- News items 2009-08-11
- Resolution clinches 1.86 billion pound Friends deal
- By Myles Neligan and Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Resolution (RSL.L), an acquisitions vehicle founded by entrepreneur Clive Cowdery, clinched its first deal on Tuesday with the 1.86 billion pound ($3.1 billion) takeover of insurer Friends Provident (FP.L). Resolution, created last year to buy life insurers and asset managers,...
- News items 2009-08-11
- Friends in talks with Resolution, deal seen soon
- By Clara Ferreira-Marques LONDON (Reuters) - British life insurer Friends Provident (FP.L) has agreed to talks with suitor Resolution after receiving a revised offer valuing it at 1.9 billion pounds ($3.2 billion), sending its shares up almost 8 percent. Though no deal in the on-off saga has yet been agreed,...
- News items 2009-08-10
- Workplace Justice and the Design of Dispute Resolution Clauses
- Since decentralisation of bargaining occurred in the Australian industrial relations system, dispute resolution clauses have been installed as a mandatory inclusion in awards and agreements. This paper examines the development of workplace dispute resolution in Australia and argues that workplaces have an opportunity to develop dispute resolution clauses which specifically...
- White papers 2001-08-01
- Set Your Own Screen Resolution on a Shared PC with Carroll
- Sharing a computer is the pits. If you're stuck in a "shared resource workspace" or split alternating shifts with someone on the same PC, I feel for you -- I really do. One of about a million annoyances with that sort of arrangement is that everyone on the same PC...
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Dispute Resolution: Collaborative Law; Achieving Effective Resolution in Divorce without Litigation. (Books and References).
- The ABA (Chicago, IL) has produced Collaborative Law: Achieving Effective Resolution in Divorce without Litigation, a handbook that examines the dispute resolution model of collaborative law now being used in divorce proceedings. Suggesting that the The ABA (Chicago, IL) has produced Collaborative Law: Achieving ...
- Research articles 2001-10-31
- Senate passes budget resolution along party lines
- Senate Passes Budget Resolution Along Party Lines On April 7, by a vote of 51 to 45, the Senate passed the Budget Resolution (H Con Res 290) for Fiscal Year 2001. - The resolution would allocate $600.5 billion in discretionary spending-over half of that for defense-and create a Medicare prescription...
- Research articles 2000-05-05
- High-Resolution MR Imaging of the Petrous Bone Using a Single-Slab Three-Dimensional T2-Weighted Fast Spin-Echo Sequence
- High spatial resolution imaging of the petrous bone can significantly aid in the depiction of this complex structure's anatomy and pathology, and can assist in surgical planning. In this study we developed a 3D fast-spin-echo MR imaging sequence that can obtain images with a voxel size of 0.4 x 0.4...
- White papers 2002-07-19
- High Resolution Genomic Analysis of Sporadic Breast Cancer Using Array-Based Comparative Genomic Hybridization
- Genomic aberrations in the form of subchromosomal DNA copy number changes are a hallmark of epithelial cancers, including breast cancer. The goal of this study was to analyze such aberrations in breast cancer at high resolution. It employed a high-resolution array comparative genomic hybridization with 4,134 bacterial artificial chromosomes that...
- White papers 2005-11-24
- Guide to Confidentiality Under the Federal Administrative Dispute Resolution Act
- As the drafters of the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act (5 U.S.C. ยงยง571-584) (see Appendix 2 for relevant sections of the Act) explicitly recognized, protecting sensitive Dispute Resolution DR communications is critical to successful agency use of alternative means of dispute resolution ADR. Confidentiality enhances participants' frank and open communications in,...
- White papers 2005-03-01
- Important Tips for Conflict Resolution in the Workplace
- The key to proper resolution of inevitable conflicts is having a set of rules and practices to tip the momentum of conflicts toward a mutually beneficial resolution. The place to start when implementing meaningful conflict resolution is with the individual. Each individual is always first responsible for the way they...
- White papers 2005-10-20
- KANA Delivers on CRM's Promise of ROI with New Solution; KANA Resolution Enables Companies to Drastically Improve Customer Satisfaction and Reduce Overall Costs
- MENLO PARK, Calif. -- KANAR (NASDAQ: KANA), the leading provider of Service Resolution Management SRM solutions, today announced the availability of KANA Resolution, the first process-driven customer service solution exclusively focused on resolution within the customer support process. KANA Resolution reduces service costs, improves customer satisfaction, and increases revenue opportunities...
- Research articles 2004-12-06
- Variable speed/resolution ADC. (Product News).(Brief Article)
- A 24-bit, no latency, [delta][SIGMA] ADC, the LTC2440 from Linear Technology Corp., Milpitas, GA, features a variable speed/resolution architecture with low noise in each of its 10 speed/resolution modes. Max. output rate is 3.5 kHz. An ultra low n A 24-bit, no latency, [delta][SIGMA]...
- Research articles 2002-11-01
- DUMA REJECTS ANTI-NATO RESOLUTION...
- State Duma deputies on 13 November rejected a draft resolution that would have called on the government to take countermeasures when NATO expands eastward, polit.ru reported. The failed resolution also called on President Vladimir Putin to withdraw from tState Duma deputies on 13 November rejected a draft resolution that would...
- Research articles 2002-11-20
- High-resolution material for prototypes. (New Products).(from Stratasys Inc.)(Brief Article)
- High-resolution modeling material is available for prototyping. This material allows users of fused deposition modeling to improve the quality of their prototypes. The high-resolution material is useful for building thin-walled ... High-resolution modeling material is available for prototyping. This material allows users of...
- Research articles 2002-09-01
- High-resolution imaging.(MOTION CONTROL + POWER TRANSMISSION)(Omron Corp.)(Brief Article)
- OMRON reports that its F500 vision system has found use in medical applications requiring high resolution. Among the products requiring the 1 million to 2 million pixel resolution are scalpels and radioisotope chemotherapy beads. The former need to OMRON reports that its F500 vision...
- Research articles 2005-04-04
- Dual 8-bit ADCs provide pseudo high resolution.(Technology Information)(Technical)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- MANY INEXPENSIVE [micro]Cs now come with several 8-bit A/D-converter channels. However, many high-dynamic-range sensors need more than 8 bits of resolution. The simple technique in Figure 1 provides a pseudo-high-resolution result for any applicati MANY INEXPENSIVE [micro]Cs now come with several 8-bit A/D-converter...
- Research articles 1999-10-14
- St. Louis Passes Resolution Calling For Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'; City Efforts Signal Grassroots Effort to Defeat Gay Ban, Says SLDN
- ST. LOUIS, Oct. 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The St. Louis Board of Aldermen today approved a resolution urging Congress to repeal the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on lesbian, gay and bisexual military personnel. The resolution, introduced bST. LOUIS, Oct. 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The St. Louis Board...
- Research articles 2005-10-21
- BEIDA FOUNDER AND SUN ESTABLISHING RESOLUTION TECHNICAL CENTER
- AsiaInfo Services 12-24-1999 Beida Founder and SUN Establishing Resolution Technical Center BEIJING, December 24, AsiaPort -- The SME.com Center, resolution technical center for medium and small enterprises, jointly established by Beijing AsiaInfo Services ...
- Research articles 1999-12-24
- U.S. Senate Passes Ukraine Elections Resolution; Ukraine Urged to Ensure Democratic, Transparent and Fair Presidential Election
- WASHINGTON, July 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The United States Senate unanimously passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 106 late Thursday night prior to adjournment. The bipartisan resolution urges the Government of Ukraine to ensure a democratic, transparent, aWASHINGTON, July 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The United States Senate unanimously passed Senate Concurrent...
- Research articles 2004-07-23
