'Persistency' definitions:
Definition of 'persistency'
(from WordNet)
noun
Persistent determination [syn: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacity]
Definition of 'Persistency'
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]