resolute

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Firm, unyielding, determined.

   She was resolute in her determination to resist his romantic advances.

2. 2
   noun

   A projection onto an arbitrary vector.

   Vector resolute.

From Latin resolutus (“released”), past participle of resolvō (“to release, to unbind”) (re- + solvō, whence solve). Compare typologically Russian реши́тельный (rešítelʹnyj) (< реши́ть (rešítʹ)).

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