Persistence

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of persisting.
  • n. The state or quality of being persistent; persistency.
  • n. Continuance of an effect after the cause is removed: persistence of vision.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The property of being persistent.
  • n. Of data, continuing to exist after the execution of the program.
  • n. Continuation of the previous day's weather (particularly temperature and precipitation statistics).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy.
  • n. The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise to it is removed.
  • n. The persistence of motion.
  • n. Visual persistence, or persistence of the visual impression; auditory persistence, etc.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The quality of being persistent; steady or firm adherence to or continuance in state, course of action, or pursuit that has been entered upon; especially (of persons), a more or less obstinate perserverance; perserverance notwithstanding opposition, warning, remonstrane, etc.
  • n. 2. The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise to it is removed: as, the persistence of the impression of light on the retina after the luminous object is withdrawn; the persistence of force.
  • n. In electricity, the time-constant of a circuit in which current is beginning to flow; the time required for an electric current to rise to or .634 of its final value.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the property of a continuous and connected period of time
  • n. persistent determination
  • n. the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior
    • Equivalent
    persistency   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    enduringness    strength    durability    lastingness    determination   
    Cross Reference
    persistence of force    persistence of vision   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    obstinacy    continuance    constancy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    assistance    coexistence    consistence    distance    existence   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    perseverance    tenacity    determination    bravery    earnestness   
     
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