RESILIENCE

resilience, resiliency

(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

resilience, resiliency

(noun) an occurrence of rebounding or springing back

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

resilience (countable and uncountable, plural resiliences)

(psychology, neuroscience) The mental ability to recover quickly from depression, illness or misfortune.

(physics) The physical property of material that can resume its shape after being stretched or deformed; elasticity.

The positive capacity of an organizational system or company to adapt and return to equilibrium due to the consequences of a crisis or failure caused by any type of disruption, including: an outage, natural disasters, man-made disasters, terrorism, or similar (particularly IT systems, archives).

Source: Wiktionary

Re*sil"i*ence, Re*sil"i*en*cy, n.

1. The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound.

2. (Mech. & Engyn.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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