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Definition of "high-resolution" []

  • Relating to an image that has fine detail. (adjective)
  • Of or relating to an output device that produces images that contain a large number of dots per unit of area and are therefore sharp and detailed. (adjective)
  • Of or relating to a raster-based image that contains a large number of pixels per unit of area. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "high-resolution" in a sentence
  • "It marks the first time researchers have been able to comprehensively quantify the impact of exemestane on bone health using a state-of-the-art screening mechanism known as high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography."
  • "The women were evaluated by a relatively new technique called high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT."
  • "We do this - use this technique called high-resolution MRI, which, by the way, isn't very high resolution compared to histology that we can do with animals."