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Definition of Resilient
1. Adjective. Recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like.
2. Adjective. Elastic; rebounds readily. "Springy turf"
Similar to: Elastic
Derivative terms: Bounce, Bounciness, Liveliness, Resile, Resile, Resilience, Resilience, Resiliency, Resiliency, Springiness
Definition of Resilient
1. a. Leaping back; rebounding; recoiling.
Definition of Resilient
1. Adjective. Able to endure tribulation without cracking. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Resilient
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Resilient
Literary usage of Resilient
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oecd Economic Surveys: United Kingdom by OECD. (2005)
"... translating a resilient macroeconomic performance into faster growth in living
standards Macroeconomic performance has been amongst the most resilient ..."
2. The Optical Indicatrix and the Transmission of Light in Crystals by Lazarus Fletcher (1892)
"-T v8 /2-s the resultant resilient force will have a direction determined by the
ratios Hence the resultant resilient force always acts in the same ..."
3. The Optical Indicatrix and the Transmission of Light in Crystals by Lazarus Fletcher (1892)
"2 • if-s2 ' Hence the resultant resilient force always acts in the same direction
throughout the vibration, but it is inclined to the direction X^ v of the ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
"... to subdue natural forces and has developed 'the qualities necessary for success
in that struggle. American writers to-day have no such "resilient ..."
5. The Materials of Engineering by Robert Henry Thurston (1884)
"5 (Cu 88.135, Sn 1.865, Zn 10) was made up of the most resilient bronze and brass;
its resilience was less than that of either of its components. No. ..."
6. Commercial Economy in Steam and Other Thermal Power-plants: As Dependent by Robert Henry Smith (1905)
"=EV R' + - v- K' \ Power and p ' mv ' [Resilient and Kinetic ... R'( = p v'i
Resilient transpower per unit volume. VII. —K'( = v p'i Kinetic transpower per ..."
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