'Persistence' definitions:
Definition of 'persistence'
(from WordNet)
noun
The property of a continuous and connected period of time [syn: continuity, persistence]
noun
Persistent determination [syn: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacity]
noun
The act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior; "his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate" [syn: perseverance, persistence, perseveration]
Definition of 'Persistence'
From: GCIDE
- Persistence \Per*sist"ence\, Persistency \Per*sist"en*cy\, n. [See Persistent.]
- 1. The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise to it is removed; as: (a) (Physics) The persistence of motion. (b) (Physiol.) Visual persistence, or persistence of the visual impression; auditory persistence, etc. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'persistence'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abidingness,
- accordance,
- adhesiveness,
- age,
- antiquity,
- application,
- assiduity,
- assiduousness,
- bulldog tenacity,
- bullheadedness,
- calm,
- changelessness,
- cohesiveness,
- commitment,
- concentration,
- consistency,
- consonance,
- constancy,
- continualness,
- continuance,
- continuation,
- continuity,
- correspondence,
- course,
- decidedness,
- decision,
- decisiveness,
- dedication,
- defeat of time,
- defiance of time,
- definiteness,
- demandingness,
- determinateness,
- determination,
- determinedness,
- devotion,
- diligence,
- diuturnity,
- dogged perseverance,
- doggedness,
- durability,
- durableness,
- duration,
- earnestness,
- endurance,
- engrossment,
- equability,
- equanimity,
- equilibrium,
- evenness,
- exigency,
- extension,
- fidelity,
- firmness,
- fixedness,
- frozenness,
- gluiness,
- glutinosity,
- grit,
- gumminess,
- hardening,
- homogeneity,
- immobility,
- immovability,
- immovableness,
- immutability,
- importunacy,
- importunateness,
- importunity,
- indefatigability,
- industriousness,
- industry,
- insistence,
- insistency,
- invariability,
- invariableness,
- inveteracy,
- lastingness,
- lengthening,
- long standing,
- long-lastingness,
- long-livedness,
- longevity,
- loyalty,
- maintenance,
- monolithism,
- obduracy,
- obstinacy,
- patience,
- patience of Job,
- perdurability,
- perennation,
- permanence,
- permanency,
- perpetualness,
- perpetuation,
- perpetuity,
- perseverance,
- persistency,
- pertinaciousness,
- pertinacity,
- plodding,
- pluck,
- plugging,
- preoccupation,
- pressingness,
- pressure,
- progress,
- progression,
- prolongation,
- protraction,
- purpose,
- purposefulness,
- pursuance,
- quiescence,
- relentlessness,
- repetition,
- resoluteness,
- resolution,
- resolve,
- resolvedness,
- retention,
- rigidity,
- run,
- sedulity,
- sedulousness,
- self-will,
- seriousness,
- sincerity,
- single-mindedness,
- singleness of purpose,
- slogging,
- snugness,
- solidity,
- stability,
- stamina,
- standing,
- stasis,
- staying power,
- steadfastness,
- steadiness,
- stick-to-itiveness,
- stickiness,
- straight course,
- stubbornness,
- survival,
- survivance,
- sustained action,
- sustenance,
- tackiness,
- tenaciousness,
- tenacity,
- tightness,
- tirelessness,
- torpor,
- total commitment,
- toughness,
- unchangeability,
- unchangingness,
- uniformity,
- uninterrupted course,
- unity,
- unremittingness,
- unruffledness,
- unswerving attention,
- urgency,
- viscidity,
- viscosity,
- way,
- will