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Resiliency   Listen
noun
resiliency, resilience  n.  
1.
The act of springing back, rebounding, or resiling; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound.
2.
The power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, stretched, compressed, or twisted; elasticity(1); springiness; of objects and substances.
3.
Hence: The power or ability to recover quickly from a setback, depression, illness, overwork or other adversity; buoyancy; elasticity(2); of people.
4.
(Mech. & Engin.) 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.





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"Resiliency" Quotes from Famous Books



... like Pollyanna," she began, "but you haven't grasped me yet. My courage is faith—faith in the eternal resilience of me—that joy'll come back, and hope and spontaneity. And I feel that till it does I've got to keep my lips shut and my chin high, and my eyes wide—not necessarily any silly smiling. Oh, I've been through hell without a whine ...
— Flappers and Philosophers • F. Scott Fitzgerald
... 1990s and during the recent financial problems in East Asia, the economy has expanded at a solid 4% annual growth pace in the last five years. Canberra's emphasis on reforms is a key factor behind the economy's resilience to the regional crisis and its stronger than expected growth rate. Growth in 2000 will depend on key international commodity prices, the extent of recovery in nearby Asian economies, and the strength of ...
— The 2000 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... factor in selecting material for the cables of suspension bridges is its true elastic limit. By this term we mean the percentage of the total strength of the material which it can exert continuously without losing its resilience, i.e., its power to resume its former shape and position when stress is removed. Now, in the case particularly of steel wire as commonly furnished in spiral coils, the curve put into the wire in the process of manufacture seriously diminishes ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 • Various


Words linked to "Resiliency" :   resilient, snap, backlash, elasticity, resilience, rebound


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