Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to an image that lacks fine detail.
- adjective Of or relating to an output device, such as a printer, whose images contain a small number of dots per unit of area and therefore lack sharpness and detail.
- adjective Of or relating to a raster-based image that contains a small number of pixels per unit of area.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective producing images that are not sharply defined; -- of optical instruments or image display devices. Opposite of
high-resolution .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of computer output devices; producing images that are not sharply defined
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Examples
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I started to scroll past low-resolution and blurry photos of people holding mostly hand-written letters in front of their faces, many of which reminded me of the vulnerable and specific honesty on PostSecret.
Sonya Huber: Wall Street's 99 Percent Show Family Values Sonya Huber 2011
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I started to scroll past low-resolution and blurry photos of people holding mostly hand-written letters in front of their faces, many of which reminded me of the vulnerable and specific honesty on PostSecret.
Sonya Huber: Wall Street's 99 Percent Show Family Values Sonya Huber 2011
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He continued working, with a paintbrush taped to his wrist, but his signature detail-laden, large-scale works became impossible to complete and Mr. Close adopted a new aesthetic for his portraits that resembled low-resolution, pixelated images.
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We believe that the limited use of small, low-resolution images of logos for certain identification purposes that are not competitive with the rights-holder qualify as fair use under United States copyright law.
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Internet videoconferencing has been around for a few years, but the calls typically are characterized by jerky, low-resolution video.
The Winners, Category by Category Michael Totty 2010
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The NLM brought you a few low-resolution photos, but, the folks at St. John Cantius recently informed the NLM that the entire video of the Mass is now available online here: Video of Pontifical Solemn High Mass - Solemn Feast of the Most Precious Blood
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Americans huddled around their computer screens to watch low-resolution video on the al-Jazeera site or saw the video replayed on American networks, because other than a few pockets across the U.S., including Ohio, Vermont, and Washington D.C., American cable carriers don't offer viewers the choice of al-Jazeera.
"Demand Al-Jazeera in the USA" campaign Elizabeth Flock 2011
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Although the Bay Area document is vague on details, low-resolution maps show proposed locations for the initiatives.
Hong Kong Delays Action on Regional Project Cathy Yan 2011
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The aviation experts say there is a limit to what more they can tell about the J-20's capabilities — especially its radar-evading technology — from the low-resolution images, which mostly appear to have been shot from the edge of the institute's airfield.
Test Flight Signals Jet Has Reached New Stage Jeremy Page 2011
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We had to strain to make out their grainy faces in the low-resolution project, and strain also to understand their heavily accented English but it moved me nearly to tears to hear the hope in their voices, see the commitment and kindness in their faces.
Kazim Ali: From East Jerusalem to Ramallah Kazim Ali 2011
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