"persistence" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pəˈsɪst(ə)ns/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-persistence.wav Forms: persistences [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French persistance. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|persistance}} Middle French persistance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} persistence (countable and uncountable, plural persistences)
  1. The property of being persistent. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (property of being persistent): ἐπιμονή (epimonḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), إِلْحَاح (ʔilḥāḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), постоя́нство (postojánstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), настойчивост (nastojčivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), persistència [feminine] (Catalan), 堅持 (Chinese Mandarin), 坚持 (jiānchí) (Chinese Mandarin), perzistence [feminine] (Czech), vytrvalost [feminine] (Czech), doorzettingsvermogen [neuter] (Dutch), sitkeys (Finnish), persistance (French), Ausdauer [feminine] (German), Bestand [masculine] (German), Beständigkeit [feminine] (German), perseveranza [feminine] (Italian), tenacia [feminine] (Italian), persistenza [feminine] (Italian), caparbietà [feminine] (Italian), costanza [feminine] (Italian), 固執 (koshitsu) (Japanese), pervicācia [feminine] (Latin), hohotatanga (Maori), pāuaua (Maori), चिकाटी (cikāṭī) [feminine] (Marathi), persistência [feminine] (Portuguese), persistență [feminine] (Romanian), насто́йчивость (nastójčivostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), упо́рство (upórstvo) [neuter] (Russian), упо́рно̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), upórnōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pirsistenza [feminine] (Sicilian), persistencia [feminine] (Spanish), perseverancia [feminine] (Spanish), விடாமுயற்சி (viṭāmuyaṟci) (Tamil), పట్టుదల (paṭṭudala) (Telugu), stamalñe (Tocharian B), devamlılık (Turkish), süreklilik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-persistence-en-noun-YeNnBsJl Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 15 29 21 34 Disambiguation of 'property of being persistent': 87 8 2 2
  2. (computer science) Of data, the property of continuing to exist after the termination of the program. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computer science
    Sense id: en-persistence-en-noun-amReCa3d Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 15 29 21 34 Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences
  3. (meteorology) Continuation of the previous day's weather (particularly temperature and precipitation statistics). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Meteorology
    Sense id: en-persistence-en-noun-qdNAr0ml Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 15 29 21 34 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
  4. (mathematics) The number of times an operation can be iteratively applied to a number before it reaches a permanently constant state. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: persistency Derived forms: lactase persistence, persistence hunter, persistence hunting

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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