Hypertext Webster Gateway: "resilience"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Resilience \Re*sil"i*ence\ (r?-z?l"?-ens), Resiliency
\Re*sil"i*en*cy\ (-en-s?), n.
1. The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as,
the resilience of a ball or of sound.

2. (Mech. & Engyn.) The mechanical work required to strain an
elastic body, as a deflected beam, stretched spring, etc.,
to the elastic limit; also, the work performed by the body
in recovering from such strain.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

resilience
n 1: the physical property of a material that can return to its
original shape or position after deformation that does
not exceed its elastic limit [syn: {resiliency}]
2: an occurrence of rebounding or springing back [syn: {resiliency}]


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