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HIGH-RESOLUTION
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Producing images that are sharp and finely detailed
Example:
high-resolution television
Classified under:
Antonym:
low-resolution (of computer output devices; producing images that are not sharply defined)
Context examples:
Samples from 3 people per tissue type were processed through several steps, and then the protein fragments (peptides) were analyzed on high-resolution Fourier-transform mass spectrometers.
(Revealing the human proteome, NIH)
Repeated high-resolution observations made by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) indicate the gullies on Mars' surface are primarily formed by the seasonal freezing of carbon dioxide, not liquid water.
(NASA spacecraft observes further evidence of dry ice gullies on Mars, NASA)
Using high-resolution 3D images and special light-activated probes, the scientists revealed a two-part system protecting the heart muscle’s power grid from disease-related damage.
(Researchers discover mitochondrial “circuit breaker” that protects heart from damage, NIH)
High-resolution images of the Pluto-facing hemisphere of Charon, reveal details of a belt of fractures and canyons just north of the moon’s equator.
(Pluto’s Big Moon Charon Reveals a Colorful and Violent History, NASA)
The Digital Imaging Shared Resource provides Cancer Center investigators with support in high-resolution deconvolution microscopy, digital epi-fluorescence and brightfield microscopy, quantitative image analysis, cell microinjection and resulting biological analyses, and photo-production.
(Digital Imaging Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
The first high-resolution images of the gas giant Jupiter are still a few weeks away.
(Juno Spacecraft Sends First In-orbit View, NASA)
Using high-resolution satellite data and precision sky brightness measurements, NOAA’s study produced the most accurate assessment yet of the global impact of light pollution.
(Milky Way now hidden from a third of humanity, NOAA)
A high-resolution strip taken at approximately 760 feet (232 meters) per pixel is overlain on a broader, low-resolution image taken at 2,910 feet (889 meters) per pixel.
(Pluto’s ‘Halo’ Craters, NASA)
The same circular pattern also showed up in ArcticDEM, a high-resolution digital elevation model of the entire Arctic derived from commercial satellite imagery.
(NASA Finds Possible Second Impact Crater Under Greenland Ice, NASA)
The researchers developed a method for translating the features found by the AI—only numbers initially—into high-resolution images that can be understood by humans.
(Artificial Intelligence Identifies Features Associated with Cancer Recurrence, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
