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resilient

adj
/ɹɪˈzɪl.jənt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *sel-der. Proto-Italic *saljō Latin saliō Latin resiliō Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -ēns Latin resiliēnsder. English resilient Borrowed from Latin resiliēns (“rebounding”, present active participle of resiliō).

  1. borrowed from resiliēns

Definitions

  1. Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied

    Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic. (of objects or substances)

  2. Returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions. (of systems, organisms…

    Returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions. (of systems, organisms or people)

    • He’s resilient, and strong, but sometimes tonight, here, the weight of what he’s saying makes him stop, pause as if lost.

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Derived

cyberresilient, irresilient, nonresilient, resilience, resiliently, ultraresilient, unresilient

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at resilient. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at resilient. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at resilient

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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