What is the act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body called?
restitution — (Physics) The act of returning to, or recovering, a former state; as, the restitution of an elastic body. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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