high-resolution

American  

[hahy-rez-uh-loo-shuhn] / ˈhaɪˌrɛz əˈlu ʃən /

adjective

1. having or capable of producing an image characterized by fine detail.

   high-resolution photography; high-resolution lens.

2. 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 (low-resolution ).

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Etymology

Origin of high-resolution

First recorded in 1945–50

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Its setup includes a powerful windowless gaseous tritium source, a high-resolution spectrometer that precisely measures electron energies, and a detector that records the particles.

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Using high-resolution microscopy, the team closely tracked how apical progenitor cells divided.

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Using this high-resolution dataset, the researchers estimated how rainfall patterns across the Pacific changed over the last 1,500 years.

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"This high-resolution, high-data-throughput device has the potential to revolutionize the management of neurological conditions from epilepsy to paralysis," he says.

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To examine this structure, the research team used an RNA labeling technique called RNAscope together with high-resolution microscopy.

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