persistence — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. The property of being persistent.

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   Beispiele

   You've got to admire her persistence. She's asked him out every day for a month even though she keeps turning him down.

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   The Thaumatrope was based on the persistence of vision. The disc of card was rotated so rapidly by means of threads attached to it that the eye saw both sides of the card simultaneously.

2. Of data, the property of continuing to exist after the termination of the program.

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   Once written to a disk file, the data has persistence: it will still be there tomorrow when we run the next program.

3. Continuation of the previous day's weather (particularly temperature and precipitation statistics).

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4. The number of times an operation can be iteratively applied to a number before it reaches a permanently constant state.

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   The persistence of the number 39 under the operation of multiplying the digits of the number is three, because 3x9 = 27, 2x7 = 14, and 1x4 = 4, and no further iterations will change the number again.

Substantiv

1. the property of a continuous and connected period of time

   Synonyme

   continuity

   Oberbegriffe

   lastingnessdurabilityenduringnessstrength

2. persistent determination

   Synonyme

   doggednessperseverancepersistencytenacitytenaciousnesspertinacity

   Oberbegriffe

   determinationpurpose

3. the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior

   Synonyme

   perseveranceperseveration

   Oberbegriffe

   continuancecontinuation

   Beispiele

   his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate