robust

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Able to withstand adverse conditions.

2. 2

   Evincing strength and health

   Evincing strength and health; strong; (often, especially) both large and healthy.

   • He was a robust man of six feet four.
   • robust health
   • A robust wall was put up.
3. 3

   Requiring strength or vigor.

   • robust employment
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   1. 4

      Sensible (of intellect etc.)

      Sensible (of intellect etc.); straightforward, not given to or confused by uncertainty or subtlety.

      • robust findings
      • robust proof
      • robust explanation
   2. 5

      Rough

      Rough; rude.

      • As a frenetic opening continued, Cahill - whose robust approach had already prompted Jamie Carragher to register his displeasure to Atkinson - rose above the Liverpool defence to force keeper Pepe Reina into an athletic tip over the top.
   3. 6

      Designed or evolved in such a way as to be resistant to total failure despite partial…

      Designed or evolved in such a way as to be resistant to total failure despite partial damage.

   4. 7

      Resistant or impervious to failure regardless of user input or unexpected conditions.

   5. 8

      Not greatly influenced by errors in assumptions about the distribution of sample errors.

   6. 9

      Of an individual or skeletal element

      Of an individual or skeletal element: strongly built; muscular; not gracile.

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