resilient floor covering An organic floor surfacing material made in sheet or vinyl form or formed in place as a seamless material of which the wearing surface is non-textile. The resilient floor covering classification by common usage includes, but is not limited to asphalt, vinyl, resilient floor covering, polymer, vinyl, vinyl composition, and polymeric poured seamless polymer. Resilient in this sense is used as a commonly accepted term, but does not necessarily define a physical property.