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Definition of Resilience
1. Noun. The physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit.
Generic synonyms: Elasticity, Snap
Derivative terms: Resile, Resilient, Resile, Resilient
2. Noun. An occurrence of rebounding or springing back.
Generic synonyms: Backlash, Rebound, Recoil, Repercussion
Derivative terms: Resile, Resilient, Resile, Resilient
Definition of Resilience
1. n. The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound.
Definition of Resilience
1. Noun. The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune. ¹
2. Noun. The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity. ¹
3. Noun. The positive ability of a system or company to adapt itself to the consequences of a catastrophic failure caused by power outage, a fire, a bomb or similar (particularly IT systems, archives). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Resilience
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Resilience
1. 1. Energy (per unit of volume) released upon unloading. 2. Springiness or elasticity. Origin: L. Resilio, to spring back, rebound (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Resilience
Literary usage of Resilience
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Johnson's Materials of Construction by John Butler Johnson (1918)
"Therefore the resilience equals one-half of the maximum stress multiplied by the
... 22 the shaded triangle marked resilience area represents, to scale, ..."
2. Johnson's Materials of Construction by John Butler Johnson, Morton Owen Withey (1919)
"Therefore the resilience equals one-half of the maximum stress multiplied by the
... 22 the shaded triangle marked resilience area represents, to scale, ..."
3. Mathematical and Physical Papers: Collected from Different Scientific by Baron William Thomson Kelvin, Sir Joseph Larmor, James Prescott Joule (1890)
"Examples of resilience. — Example 1. Longitudinal resilience of a wire, rod, or
column subjected to end-pull or thrust, and free all round its sides. ..."
4. A Text-book on the Mechanics of Materials: And of Beams, Columns, and Shafts by Mansfield Merriman (1895)
"The example here given is a case of static resilience, where the ... The more
common cases of resilience, however, are those developed by the impact of a ..."
5. The Elements of Physics: A College Text-book by Edward Leamington Nichols, William Suddards Franklin (1898)
"The resilience of spring steel is two or three times as great as that of mild steel.
The resilience of cast iron is less than one foot-pound per cubic inch. ..."
6. The Elasticity and Resistance of the Materials of Engineering by William Hubert Burr (1915)
"THE term resilience is applied to the quantity of work required to be ...
In precisely the same manner the resilience of a bent beam is the amount of work ..."
7. Elements of Physics by Edward Leamington Nichols, Ernest John Andrews, William Suddards Franklin, Howard Newell Howland (1898)
"resilience. — The work done per unit volume in straining a substance to its
elastic limit is called the resilience of the substance. ..."
8. The Elasticity and Resistance of the Materials of Engineering by William Hubert Burr (1915)
"THE term resilience is applied to the quantity of work required to be ...
In precisely the same anner the resilience of a bent beam is the amount of work ..."
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