It is not to be confused with Price elasticity of supply. Price elasticity of demand (PED or Ed) is a measure used in economics to show the responsiveness, or elasticity, of the quantity demanded of a good or service to a change in its price, ceteris paribus.
Resolution in western tonal music theory is the move of a note or chord from dissonance (an unstable sound) to a consonance (a more final or stable sounding one).
motive - a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music. motif. melodic theme, musical theme, theme, idea - (music) melodic subject of a musical composition; the theme is announced in the first measures; the accompanist picked up the idea and elaborated it.