Resolution
in law, a solemn judgment or decision. In mathematics, the operation of separating any expression into factors; that is, the operation of finding two or more expressions such that their product is equal to the given expressions. Resolution of an equation:
The same as reduction of an equation.
In medicine, the passing away, without suppuration, of a tumor or of inflammation. In music, the process of relieving dissonance by succeeding consonance.
Resolution of a nebula: In astronomy, the demonstration by means of a very powerful telescope, that the diffused light of a nebula is really that of a multitude of exceedingly distant stars.