LOW-RESOLUTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does low-resolution mean? 

• LOW-RESOLUTION (adjective)
  The adjective LOW-RESOLUTION has 1 sense:

1. of computer output devices; producing images that are not sharply defined

  Familiarity information: LOW-RESOLUTION used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOW-RESOLUTION (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of computer output devices; producing images that are not sharply defined

Antonym:

high-resolution (producing images that are sharp and finely detailed)

 Context examples 

Stripes may dazzle flies in some way once they are close enough to see them with their low-resolution eyes, said study co-author and Royal Society University Research Fellow Martin How.

(Zebra stripes may 'dazzle' pathogen-packing horse flies, Wikinews)

When the researchers compared the geysers’ locations with low-resolution maps of thermal emission, it became apparent the greatest geyser activity coincided with the greatest thermal radiation.

(101 Geysers on Icy Saturn Moon, NASA)

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)