Resilience

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• résilience — [ reziljɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1911; résélience 1906; angl. resilience (1824); lat. resilientia ♦ Phys. Rapport de l énergie cinétique absorbée nécessaire pour provoquer la rupture d un métal, à la surface de la section brisée. La résilience, qui s… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• resilience — e*sil i*ence (r[ e]*z[i^]l [i^]*ens), resiliency e*sil i*en*cy (r[ e]*z[i^]l [i^]*en*s[y^]), n. 1. The act of springing back, rebounding, or resiling; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound. [1913 Webster] 2. The power or inherent property of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Resilience — Resilience. См. Средняя удельная работа деформации. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

• resilience — (n.) 1620s, from L. resiliens, prp. of resilire to rebound, recoil, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + salire to jump, leap (see SALIENT (Cf. salient)). Cf. RESULT (Cf. result) …   Etymology dictionary

• resilience — [ri zil′yəns, ri zil′ē əns] n. the quality of being resilient; esp., a) the ability to bounce or spring back into shape, position, etc. b) the ability to recover strength, spirits, good humor, etc. quickly; buoyancy: Also resiliency …   English World dictionary

• Résilience — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Résilience », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Le mot résilience est utilisé dans… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Resilience — For other uses, see Resilience (disambiguation). The area under the linear portion of a stress strain curve is the resilience of the material Resilience is the property of a material to absorb energy when it is deformed elastically and then, upon …   Wikipedia

• resilience — (also less frequent resiliency) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ amazing, extraordinary, great, remarkable, tremendous ▪ natural ▪ emotional …   Collocations dictionary

• resilience — resilient re‧sil‧i‧ent [rɪˈzɪliənt] adjective ECONOMICS a resilient country, economy, currency etc is strong and performs well, even under difficult conditions: • The dollar proved resilient against the yen in trading yesterday. resilience noun… …   Financial and business terms

• resilience — re|sil|i|ence [rıˈzıliəns] n also re|sil|i|en|cy [ ənsi][U] 1.) the ability to become strong, happy, or successful again after a difficult situation or event →↑toughness resilience of ▪ the resilience of youth ▪ People showed remarkable… …   Dictionary of contemporary English