1.19.2009

resolution


res•o•lu•tion

n.
  1. the state or quality of being resolute; firm determination.
  2. a resolving to do something.
  3. a course of action determined or decided on.
  4. formal statement of a decision or expression of opinion
    put before or adopted by an assembly such as the u.s. congress.
  5. physics & chemistry: the act or process of separating
    or reducing something into its constituent parts.
  6. the fineness of detail that can be distinguished in an image,
    as on a video display terminal.
  7. medicine: the subsiding or termination of an abnormal
    condition, such as a fever or an inflammation.
  8. law: a court decision.
    a. an explanation, as of a problem or puzzle; a solution.
    b. The part of a literary work in which the complications
    of the plot are resolved or simplified.
  9. music:
    a. the progression of a dissonant tone or chord
    to a consonant tone or chord.
    b. the tone or chord to which such a progression is made.

2 comments:

Char said...

love the long shadows

Chris said...

Me too. I saw lots at work today, and lots yesterday too (they are on my Flickr page).

I'm making of lots of resolutions this year, but it's actually following through that's the hard part.