Meaning Resilience
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The ability of a system or network to resist failure or to recover quickly from any disruption, usually with minimal recognizable effect
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1620s, "act of rebounding," from Latin resiliens, present participle of resilire "to rebound, recoil," from re- "back" (see re-) + salire "to jump, leap" (see s [..]
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The ability or capacity of a person, an object (such as a building) or a community to withstand stress and catastrophe.
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The ability of an organization to absorb the impact of a business interruption, and continue to provide a minimum acceptable level of service.
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ability to recover from something.
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the ability of a biotic community to return to its former state after a disturbance.
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the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit an occurrence of rebounding or springing back (resilient) [..]
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A capability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from significant multi-hazard threats with minimum damage to social well-being, the economy, and the environment.
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Refers to economic and psychological endurance and adaptation in the wake of an attack or a terrorist act.
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Lower case.
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The ability of a community or ecosystem to recover from disturbances. resilin
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The ability to adapt or rebound quickly from change, illness, or bad fortune. Also known as: psychic resilience; psychological resilience. See also: coping behavior; coping skills.
Source: psychologydictionary.org

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Resilience is a property involving the elastic energy in a material, which causes it to regain its original shape after having been indented by a high pressure load. Resilience, in its broadest sense, consists of properties beyond recovery from indentation.
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(L: re= again; salire= to jump; resalire= to rebound; springiness) the degree to which an (eco) system's structure and functioning can be disturbed and yet rebound to its original state. elastici [..]
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Ability of a foam surface to spring back. An indicator of the surface elasticity or "springiness" of foam. It is measured by dropping a standard steel ball onto the foam cushion and measuring how high the ball rebounds.
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  Surface liveliness and spring-back ability.
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The ability of carpet pile or cushion to recover its original appearance and thickness after continued use.
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Resilience describes the ability of a system to persist and maintain its core functions and/or purpose in the presence of disturbances, stresses or other changes in its environment.
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The ability of a social or ecological system to absorb disturbances while retaining the same basic structure and ways of functioning, the capacity for self-organization, and the capacity to adapt to s [..]
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The ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate to and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions. Comment: Resilience means the ability to “resile from” or “spring back from” [..]
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Pursuant to 16 USCS § 6703 (13), [Title 16. Conservation; Chapter 86. Southwest Forest Health and Wildfire Prevention] the term resilience means “the ability of a system to absorb disturbance without [..]
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The ability to persist, innovate and transform into more favorable configurations in the face of change; the capacity for self-organization, to learn and adapt. Related terms: Adaptability
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(n) an occurrence of rebounding or springing back(n) the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
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The ability to adapt to change and recover quickly from setbacks such as illness, injury, or misfortune.
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A capability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from significant multi-hazard threats with minimum damage to social well-being, the economy, and the environment.
Source: globalchange.gov

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The ability of an organism or ecosystem to recover readily from natural or human impacts that cause temperature changes, physical disturbance or destruction, or pollution. A system’s resilience depends on its health, the area affected and duration of the impact.
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The capacity of a power protection system potentially exposed to hazards to adapt, by resisting or changing in order to reach and maintain an acceptable operational level.
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Definition: Resilience is the capacity of a system to respond to and absorb disturbance while retaining essentially the same function, structure, and feedbacks; it has been defined for both ecosystems and social systems.   Explanation: Resilience is the ability to adapt to or recover from the impact of external factors such as stress, difficulties, [..]
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The tendency of welding process in which the work pieces are heated by the passage of an electric current through the contact. Such processes include spot welding, seam or line welding and percussion [..]
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The ability of carpet pile or cushion to recover its original appearance and thickness after continued use.
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  Resilience refers to the ability of a computer, or system, to both withstand a range of load fluctuations and also to remain stable under continuous and / or adverse conditions. *** The Information Security Glossary ***
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Resilience refers to the ability of a computer or system to withstand a range of load fluctuations and also remain stable under continuous and or adverse conditions. In cryptography, resilience also m [..]
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Resilience is the set of skills and behaviours needed to be successful in the midst of a fast-paced and continuously changing work environment. It is the same set of skills that helps prevent work...
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the ability to recover readily from, or adjust easily to, adversity, misfortune, or setbacks of any kind; buoyancy. It is viewed as being a key factor in success in education, particularly for those f [..]
Source: dictionaryofeducation.co.uk

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The ability of an ecosystem to maintain diversity, integrity, and ecological processes following a disturbance.
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The Human ability to adapt in the Face of tragedy, Trauma, adversity, hardship, and ongoing significant Life stressors.
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Important ability to keep working at a problem, to learn from mistakes, and not lose heart, or give up until the job is done.
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The ability of an ecosystem to return to its original state after being disturbed (from Makins, 1991).
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This refers to the ability of individuals, communities or countries to anticipate, withstand and recover from adversity - be it a natural disaster or crisis. Resilience depends on the diversity of livelihoods, coping mechanisms and life skills such as problem-solving, the ability to seek support, motivation, optimism, faith, perseverance and resour [..]
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The ability of a population to persist in a given environment despite disturbance or reduced population size. The resilience of a population is based upon the ability of individuals within the population to survive (fitness) and reproduce (fecundity) in a changed environment and the genetic variability of the population which allows the production [..]
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the ability of an ecosystem to maintain or restore biodiversity, biotic integrity, and ecological structure and processes following disturbance.
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 In ecology, resilience is the capacity of an ecosystem to respond to a perturbation or disturbance by resisting damage and recovering quickly. Such perturbations and disturbances can include stochast [..]
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An ecosystem"s ability to recover and retain its structure and function following a transient and exogenous impairment. If a stressor or disturbance does alter the ecosystem, then it should be ab [..]
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Resilience (or "psychological resilience") is a term used in psychology to describe the capacity of people to cope with stress and catastrophe. It is also used to indicate a characteristic of resistance to future negative events. This psychological meaning of resilience is often contrasted with "risk factors".
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The amount of change a system can undergo and essentially retain the same functions, structure and feedbacks. 
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The ability of a system to respond and adapt to shocks or pressures in order to prevent a qualitative, negative change in the state of a system.
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The ability to reduce the loss experienced from a natural hazard or natural phenomena, or to return to an original state more quickly by having specific measures in place.
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Resilience (as it applies to integrated systems of people and nature) is the amount of change a system can undergo and still remain within the same state (producing essentially the same ecosystem serv [..]
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The ability of a system to recover from disturbance.
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