high-resolution
Americanadjective
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having or capable of producing an image characterized by fine detail.
high-resolution photography; high-resolution lens.
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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).
Etymology
Origin of high-resolution
First recorded in 1945–50
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To count them, reporters used early- and pre-war high-resolution images captured by California-based Planet Labs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
The researchers used high-resolution magnetoencephalography, or MEG, to measure brain activity.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
A.I.-powered diagnostics distill all of this into one clear picture of your entire body, in 360-degree, piercing-into-the-soul, high-resolution detail.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
Eight months later, high-resolution images captured by Nasa revealed something surprising.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
With its high-resolution images he had picked out the fairy’s telltale breath crystals.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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