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Substantivation de resilient[1].

Déjà utilisé en 1785

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resilience \ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns\ (Royaume-Uni) \ɹɪˈzɪl.i.əns\, \ɹɪˈzɪl.jəns\ (États-Unis) (Indénombrable)

  1. (Physique) Résilience.
    • Now the energy communicated to the hody in heating it must have formerly existed in the moving medium, for the undulations had left the source of heat some time before they reached the body, and during that time the energy must have been half in the form of motion of the medium and half in the form of elastic resilience. — (Philosophical transactions of the Royal society of London : giving some accompt of the present undertakings, studies, and labours of the ingenious in many considerable parts of the world, Volume 155, 1865, Royal society)
  2. (Psychologie) Résilience.

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