Dictionary Definition
resilience
Noun
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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
resilience- the mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.
- the physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.
- the ability of a system or company to recover from a catastrophic failure caused by power outage, a fire, a bomb or similar (particularly IT systems, archives).
Translations
the mental ability to recover quickly from
depression, illness or misfortune
- Finnish: sitkeys, sinnikkyys, lannistumattomuus
- German: Resilienz
- Norwegian: motstandsdyktighet
the physical property of material that can
resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity
- Finnish: joustavuus, kimmoisuus
- German: Elastizität ; elastisches Verformungsarbeitsaufnahmevermögen
- Italian: resilienza
the ability of a system or company to recover
from a catastrophic failure
Translations to be checked
- ttbc Chinese: 恢復力, 恢复力 (ㄏㄨㄟㄈㄨˋㄌㄧˋ, huīfùlì)
- ttbc Spanish: elasticidad
Extensive Definition
Resilience is the property of a material to
absorb energy when it is deformed elastically
and then, upon unloading to have this energy recovered. In other
words, it is the maximum energy per volume that can be elastically
stored. It is represented by the area under the curve in the
elastic region in the Stress-Strain diagram. Resilience is what
researchers now refer to the capacity to endure stress and bounce
back, the capacity that may be available to given person at some
times and not others, under some threats not others.
Modulus of Resilience, U_r, can be calculated
using the following formula: U_r=\frac=0.5\sigma\epsilon=0.5
\sigma(\frac), where \sigma is yield
stress, E is Young's
modulus, and \epsilon is strain.
An example of a biomaterial which has a high
resilience is articular cartilage, the substance
lining the ends of bones in
articulating joints such
as the knee and hip.
See also
resilience in German: Resilienz
resilience in Spanish: Resiliencia
resilience in French: Résilience
(physique)
resilience in Italian: Resilienza
(biologia)
resilience in Hungarian: Reziliencia
resilience in Simple English: Resilience
resilience in Serbian: Резилијенција
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Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
adaptability, adjustability, airiness, alterability, backfire, backlash, backlashing, boomerang, bounce, bounciness, bound, breeziness, buoyance, buoyancy, carefreeness, carom, changeability, changeableness, changefulness, chirpiness, contrecoup, debonairness, elasticity, extensibility, flexibility, fluidity, give, impermanence, jauntiness, kick, kickback, levity, light heart, lightheartedness,
lightness, lightsomeness, liveliness, malleability, mobility, modifiability, movability, mutability, nonuniformity, perkiness, permutability, pertness, plasticity, rebound, rebuff, recalcitration, recoil, repercussion, repulse, resiliency, responsiveness, ricochet, rubberiness, snap, spring, springiness, stretch, stretchability, stretchiness, suppleness, tone, tonicity, tonus, transience, transitoriness