high-resolution

[ hahy-rez-uh-loo-shuhn ]

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 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of high-resolution¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

We sent out storm chasers who actually ran into the weather and shot very high-resolution motion picture footage.

From Los Angeles Times

Comparing high-resolution satellite imagery taken on 9 September with an image captured on 27 October, it appears that at least four structures have been significantly damaged.

From BBC

The spacecraft produced the first high-resolution images of the four planets, the rings of Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune, lightning on Jupiter and lava lakes that revealed active volcanoes on Jupiter’s moon Io.

From New York Times

This initial observation led Siegelman to co-author a 2022 study published in Nature Physics that analyzed high-resolution infrared images of Jupiter's cyclones taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft.

From Science Daily

The international team of researchers used high-resolution mass spectrometry to analyze the samples for a total of sixteen tire-associated compounds.

From Science Daily