high-resolution

[ hahy-rez-uh-loo-shuhn ]

/ ˈhaɪˌrɛz əˈlu ʃən /

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adjective

having or capable of producing an image characterized by fine detail: high-resolution photography; high-resolution lens.

Computers. of or relating to CRTs, printers, or other output devices that produce images that are sharp and finely detailed rather than blurry and inexact (opposed to low-resolution).

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Origin of high-resolution

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby high-resolution

high-proof, high-quality, high relief, High Renaissance, high-res, high-resolution, high-rise, high-riser, high-risk, highroad, high roller

How to use high-resolution in a sentence

Notwithstanding the high resolution of Hawkeye he fully comprehended all the difficulties and danger he was about to incur.
The Last of the Mohicans|James Fenimore Cooper
It has been shown that data collected by high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometers can be “fed” directly to a computer.
The Atomic Fingerprint|Bernard Keisch
High-resolution images can be accessed by clicking on the images in the text.
The Invasion|William Le Queux
Click on the maps at the end of the book to see high-resolution images.
Dixmude|Charles Le Goffic

A storage version is thus possible which reverts to the standard scheme, for high-resolution inspection, when a button is pushed.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969|H. W. Fulbright et al.