resilience

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 8, 2021 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>resilience</strong> &#149; \rih-ZIL-yunss\&nbsp; &#149; <em>noun</em><br /> <p><strong>1 :</strong> the capability of a strained body to recover its size and shape after <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deformation">deformation</a> caused especially by compressive stress</p> <p><strong>2 :</strong> an ability to recover from or adjust easily to <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misfortune">misfortune</a> or change</p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>Cold temperatures caused the material to lose <em>resilience</em>.</p> <p>"Luis Rojas has long preached the gospel of <em>resilience</em>. He talks about it when the Mets come from behind, or when yet another player goes down with an injury." — Laura Albanese, <em>Newsday</em> (New York), 2 July 2021</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>In physics, resilience is the ability of an elastic material (such as rubber or animal tissue) to absorb energy (such as from a blow) and release that energy as it springs back to its original shape. The recovery that occurs in this phenomenon can be viewed as analogous to a person's ability to bounce back after a jarring setback. The word <em>resilience</em> derives from the present participle of the Latin verb <em>resilire</em>, meaning "to jump back" or "to recoil." The base of <em>resilire</em> is <em>salire</em>, a verb meaning "to leap" that also pops up in the etymologies of such sprightly words as <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sally">sally</a></em> and <em><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/somersault">somersault</a></em>.</p> <br /><br /> </p> </font>