a. Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome. -- Ad*ven"ture*some*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ From Creosote. ] (Chem.) Any one of three metameric substances, CH3.C6H4.OH, homologous with and resembling phenol. They are obtained from coal tar and wood tar, and are colorless, oily liquids or solids. [ Called also cresylic acid. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Same as Isorcin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Arch.) A low story between two higher ones, usually between the ground floor and the first story; mezzanine. Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iodo- + cresol. ] (Org. Chem.) Any of several isomeric iodine derivatives of the cresols, C6H3I(CH3)OH, esp. one, an odorless amorphous powder, used in medicine as a substitute for iodoform. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. irresolubilis: cf. F. irrésoluble. See Resoluble, and cf. Irresolvable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Incapable of being dissolved or resolved into parts; insoluble. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Incapable of being relieved or assisted. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The second is in the irresoluble condition of our souls after a known sin committed. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being irresoluble; insolubility. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ir- not + resolute: cf. F. irrésolu, L. irresolutus not loosened. ] Not resolute; not decided or determined; wavering; given to doubt or irresolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

Weak and irresolute is man. Cowper.

Syn. -- Wavering; vacillating; undetermined; undecided; unsettled; fickle; changeable; inconstant.

-- Ir*res"o*lute*ly, adv. -- Ir*res"o*lute*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the failure to behave in a resolute manner; fluctuation in intention.
Syn. -- irresolution. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. irrésolution. ] Lack of resolution; lack of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Irresolution on the schemes of life which offer themselves to our choice, and inconstancy in pursuing them, are the greatest causes of all unhappiness. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being irresolvable; irresolvableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ir- not + resolvable. Cf. Irresoluble. ] Incapable of being resolved; not separable into component parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Irresolvable nebulæ (Astron.), nebulæ of a cloudlike appearance, which have not yet been resolved by the telescope into stars, and are often distant galaxies. See galaxy{ 2 }. Sir W. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. The quality or state of being irresolvable; irresolvability. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Without settled determination; in a hesitating manner; doubtfully. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. producing images that are not sharply defined; -- of optical instruments or image display devices. Opposite of high-resolution. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Physics) A phenomenon resulting from quantization in the magnetic field of electrons or atoms or molecules or nuclei exposed to an external magnetic field, by which a narrow frequency band of radio waves may be absorbed and re-emitted by the object. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Medicine) a medical diagnostic procedure utilizing the phenomenon of nuclear magnetic resonance to generate images of internal parts of the body. It depends on the differential absorption of electromagnetic radiation by different types of living tissue in a magnetic field. It is complementary to X-ray imaging in that the softer tissue show more prominently in magnetic resonance images, rather than bone, as with X-rays. It is a non-invasive procedure, allowing such images to be obtained without penetration of the tissue by objects. It is abbreviated MRI. As with computerized tomography, the results are usually presented as images of sequential planar sections of that part of the body of concern to the physician. [ PJC ]

n. (Physics) The specific absorption and re-emission of electromagnetic radiation at characteristic wavelengths by atomic nuclei in a magnetic field. It is abbreviated NMR. The wavelength of the radiation absorbed depends on the type of nucleus, the intensity of the magnetic field, and the local chemical environment in which the nucleus resides. It is the latter effect (called the chemical shift), by which atoms of specific elements in different chemical compounds show a different resonance frequency, which gives rise to the greatest utility of this phenomenon in analyzing the chemical structure of substances. Similar effects of the chemical environment permit the discrimination of different types of living tissue by virtue of their different chemical composition, thus permitting utilization of the phenomenon in medical diagnostic instruments, especially for magnetic resonance imaging. [ PJC ]

n. (Physics) The resonance absorption of a gamma ray by a nucleus identical to the nucleus that emitted the gamma ray. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Preresolved p. pr. & vb. n. Preresolving. ] To resolve beforehand; to predetermine. Sir E. Dering. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To resolve again. [ 1913 Webster ]

Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.[ L. resolubolis: cf. F. résoluble. See Resolve, and cf. Resolvable. ] Admitting of being resolved; resolvable; as, bodies resoluble by fire. Boyle. -- Res"o*lu*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Cf. F. résolu. The L. resolutus (p. p. of resolvere) means, relaxed, enervated, effeminate. See Resolve, v. t. & i. ] 1. Having a decided purpose; determined; resolved; fixed in a determination; hence, bold; firm; steady. [ 1913 Webster ]

Edward is at hand,
Ready to fight; therefore be resolute. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Convinced; satisfied; sure. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Resolving, or explaining; as, the Resolute Doctor Durand. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Determined; decided; fixed; steadfast; steady; constant; persevering; firm; bold; unshaken. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who is resolute; hence, a desperado. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Redelivery; repayment. [ Obs. ] “Yearly resolutes, deductions, and payments.” Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a resolute manner; with fixed purpose; boldly; firmly; steadily; with perseverance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some . . . facts he examines, some he resolutely denies. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being resolute. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. résolution. L. resolutio a loosening, solution. See Resolve. ] 1. The act, operation, or process of resolving. Specifically: (a) The act of separating a compound into its elements or component parts. (b) The act of analyzing a complex notion, or solving a vexed question or difficult problem. [ 1913 Webster ]

The unraveling and resolution of the difficulties that are met with in the execution of the design are the end of an action. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being relaxed; relaxation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The state of being resolved, settled, or determined; firmness; steadiness; constancy; determination. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be it with resolution then to fight. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which is resolved or determined; a settled purpose; determination. Specifically: A formal expression of the opinion or will of an official body or a public assembly, adopted by vote; as, a legislative resolution; the resolutions of a public meeting. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The state of being resolved or firm in opinion or thought; conviction; assurance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Little resolution and certainty there is as touching the islands of Mauritania. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Math.) The act or process of solving; solution; as, the resolution of an equation or problem. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Med.) A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Mus.) The passing of a dissonant into a consonant chord by the rising or falling of the note which makes the discord. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Technical) The act of distinguishing between two close but not identical objects, or, when taking a measurement, bbetween two close values of the property measured. [ PJC ]

10. (Technical) a measure of the ability to distinguish between two close but not identical values of the property being measured; it is expressed as the difference in values of a property necessary to make such a distinction; as, a microscope with a resolution of one micron; a thermometer with a resolution of one-tenth of a degree. Also called resolving power. [ PJC ]

Joint resolution. See under Joint, a. --
Resolution of a force or
Resolution of a motion (Mech.), the separation of a single force or motion into two or more which have different directions, and, taken together, are an equivalent for the single one; -- the opposite of composition of a force. --
Resolution of a nebula (Astron.), the exhibition of it to the eye by a telescope of such power as to show it to be composed of small stars. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Decision; analysis; separation; disentanglement; dissolution; resolvedness; resoluteness; firmness; constancy; perseverance; steadfastness; fortitude; boldness; purpose; resolve. See Decision. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes a resolution; one who joins with others in a declaration or resolution; specifically, one of a party in the Scottish Church in the 17th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was sequestrated afterwards as a Resolutioner. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes a resolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf.F. résolutif. ] Serving to dissolve or relax. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resolutive. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or condition of being resolvable; resolvableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Resolve, and cf. Resoluble. ] Admitting of being resolved; admitting separation into constituent parts, or reduction to first principles; admitting solution or explanation; as, resolvable compounds; resolvable ideas or difficulties. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being resolvable; resolvability. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Resolved p. pr. & vb. n. Resolving. ] [ L. resolvere, resolutum, to untie, loosen, relax, enfeeble; pref. re- re- + solvere to loosen, dissolve: cf. F. résoudare to resolve. See Solve, and cf. Resolve, v. i., Resolute, Resolution. ] 1. To separate the component parts of; to reduce to the constituent elements; -- said of compound substances; hence, sometimes, to melt, or dissolve. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, that this too too solid flesh would melt,
Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye immortal souls, who once were men,
And now resolved to elements again. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; -- said of complex ideas or obscure questions; to make clear or certain; to free from doubt; to disentangle; to unravel; to explain; hence, to clear up, or dispel, as doubt; as, to resolve a riddle. “Resolve my doubt.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To the resolving whereof we must first know that the Jews were commanded to divorce an unbelieving Gentile. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sir, be resolved. I must and will come. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Resolve me, Reason, which of these is worse,
Want with a full, or with an empty purse? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

In health, good air, pleasure, riches, I am resolved it can not be equaled by any region. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

We must be resolved how the law can be pure and perspicuous, and yet throw a polluted skirt over these Eleusinian mysteries. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle; as, he was resolved by an unexpected event. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To express, as an opinion or determination, by resolution and vote; to declare or decide by a formal vote; -- followed by a clause; as, the house resolved (or, it was resolved by the house) that no money should be apropriated (or, to appropriate no money). [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Math.) To solve, as a problem, by enumerating the several things to be done, in order to obtain what is required; to find the answer to, or the result of. Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Med.) To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Mus.) To let the tones (as of a discord) follow their several tendencies, resulting in a concord. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. To relax; to lay at ease. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To resolve a nebula.(Astron.) See Resolution of a nebula, under Resolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To solve; analyze; unravel; disentangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ The sense “to be convinced, to determine” comes from the idea of loosening, breaking up into parts, analyzing, hence, determining. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the blood stagnates in any part, it first coagulates, then resolves, and turns alkaline. Arbuthhnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be settled in opinion; to be convinced. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Let men resolve of that as they plaease. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To form a purpose; to make a decision; especially, to determine after reflection; as, to resolve on a better course of life. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To determine; decide; conclude; purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of resolving or making clear; resolution; solution. “To give a full resolve of that which is so much controverted.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which has been resolved on or determined; decisive conclusion; fixed purpose; determination; also, legal or official determination; a legislative declaration; a resolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor is your firm resolve unknown. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caesar's approach has summoned us together,
And Rome attends her fate from our resolves. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; -- usually placed after its noun; as, a man resolved to be rich. [ 1913 Webster ]

That makes him a resolved enemy. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am resolved she shall not settle here. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. So as to resolve or clear up difficulties; clearly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of that, and all the progress, more or less,
Resolvedly more leisure shall express. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Resolutely; decidedly; firmly. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fixedness of purpose; firmness; resolution. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. resolvens, p. pr. of resolvere: cf. F. résolvant. See Resolve. ] 1. That which has the power of resolving, or causing solution; a solvent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumors; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Math.) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given pproblem depends. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which decomposes, or dissolves. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which clears up and removes difficulties, and makes the mind certain or determined. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who resolves, or formal a firm purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. résonance, L. resonantia an echo. ] 1. The act of resounding; the quality or state of being resonant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Acoustics) A prolongation or increase of any sound, either by reflection, as in a cavern or apartment the walls of which are not distant enough to return a distinct echo, or by the production of vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Physics) A phenomenon in which a vibration or other cyclic process (such as tide cycles) of large amplitude is produced by smaller impulses, when the frequency of the external impulses is close to that of the natural cycling frequency of the process in that system. The shattering of a glass object when impinged upon by sound of a certain frequency is one example of this phenomenon; another is the very large tides in certain basins such as that of the Bay of Fundy, which has a natural cycling frequency close to that of the tidal cycle. [ PJC ]

4. (Electronics) An electric phenomenon corresponding to that of acoustic resonance, due to the existance of certain relations of the capacity, inductance, resistance, and frequency of an alternating circuit; the tuning of a radio transmitter or receiver to send or detect waves of specific frequencies depends on this phenomenon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

Pulmonary resonance (Med.), the sound heard on percussing over the lungs. --
Vocal resonance (Med.), the sound transmitted to the ear when auscultation is made while the patient is speaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Resonance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. resonans, p. pr. of resonare to resound: cf. F. résonnant. See Resound. ] 1. Returning, or capable of returning, sound; fitted to resound; resounding; echoing back. [ 1913 Webster ]

Through every hour of the golden morning, the streets were resonant with female parties of young and old. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Elec.) Adjusted as to dimensions (as an electric circuit) so that currents or electric surgings are produced by the passage of electric waves of a given frequency. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. In a resonant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. & G. ] 1. (Acoustics) Anything which resounds; specifically, a vessel in the form of a cylinder open at one end, or a hollow ball of brass with two apertures, so contrived as to greatly intensify a musical tone by its resonance. It is used for the study and analysis of complex sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything that resounds or resonates; specif.: (a) (Teleg.) An open box for containing a sounder and designed to concentrate and amplify the sound. (b) (Elec.) Any of various apparatus for exhibiting or utilizing the effects of resonance in connection with open circuits, as a device having an oscillating circuit which includes a helix of bare copper wire, a variable number of coils of which can be connected in circuit with a condenser and spark gap excited with an induction coil. It is used to create high-frequency electric brush discharges. (c) (Wireless Teleg.) The antenna system and other high-frequency circuits of a receiving apparatus. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ L. reorbere; pref. re- re- + sorbere to suck or drink in. ] 1. To swallow up. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now lifted by the tide, and now resorbed. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) to absorb (something which has been secreted or exuded by the same organism). [ PJC ]

a. [ L. resorbens, p. pr. of resorbere. ] Swallowing up. Wodhull. [ 1913 Webster ]