robust

From Latin rōbustus, from rōbur, rōbus (“strength", "hard timber", "oak”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹəʊˈbʌst/, /ɹəˈbʌst/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹoʊˈbʌst/
• Rhymes: -ʌst

robust (comparative robuster or more robust, superlative robustest or most robust) (see usage notes)

1. Evincing strength and health; strong

   He was a robust man of six feet four.

   robust health

   A robust wall was put up.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Anthony Trollope

     She was stronger, larger, more robust physically than he had hitherto conceived.

2. Violent; rough; rude.
   • 2011 October 1, Phil McNulty, “Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎:

     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. Requiring strength or vigor

   robust employment

4. Sensible (of intellect etc.); straightforward, not given to or confused by uncertainty or subtlety
5. (systems engineering) Designed or evolved in such a way as to be resistant to total failure despite partial damage.
6. (software engineering) Resistant or impervious to failure regardless of user input or unexpected conditions.
7. (statistics) Not greatly influenced by errors in assumptions about the distribution of sample errors.

• "More" and "most robust" are much more common than the forms ending in "-er" or "-est".

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• Robust statistics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• brotus, or bust, turbos

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robust

1. robust

• Robustheit

• robust in Duden online

From Latin robustus

robust (neuter singular robust, definite singular and plural robuste)

1. robust, sturdy

• “robust” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin robustus

robust (neuter singular robust, definite singular and plural robuste)

1. robust, sturdy

• “robust” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.