persistence — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. The property of being persistent.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

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

   Altri esempi (1)

   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.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   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).

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

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

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   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.

Sostantivo

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

   Sinonimi

   continuity

   Termini più generali

   lastingnessdurabilityenduringnessstrength

2. persistent determination

   Sinonimi

   doggednessperseverancepersistencytenacitytenaciousnesspertinacity

   Termini più generali

   determinationpurpose

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

   Sinonimi

   perseveranceperseveration

   Termini più generali

   continuancecontinuation

   Esempi

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