PERSISTENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does persistence mean? 

• PERSISTENCE (noun)
  The noun PERSISTENCE has 3 senses:

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

2. persistent determination

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

  Familiarity information: PERSISTENCE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERSISTENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of a continuous and connected period of time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

continuity; persistence

Hypernyms ("persistence" is a kind of...):

durability; enduringness; lastingness; strength (permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force)

Attribute:

continuous; uninterrupted (continuing in time or space without interruption)

Derivation:

persistent (never-ceasing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Persistent determination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

doggedness; perseverance; persistence; persistency; pertinacity; tenaciousness; tenacity

Hypernyms ("persistence" is a kind of...):

determination; purpose (the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose)

Derivation:

persistent (stubbornly unyielding)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

perseverance; perseveration; persistence

Context example:

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

Hypernyms ("persistence" is a kind of...):

continuance; continuation (the act of continuing an activity without interruption)

Derivation:

persist (be persistent, refuse to stop)

 Context examples 

This results in the persistence of aberrant microtubule structures and results in cell-cycle arrest and subsequent cell death.

(Docetaxel Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)

Persistence of the nuclei of the keratinocytes into the stratum corneum of the skin.

(Parakeratosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

That would explain his persistence, would it not?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But reintroduction efforts so far have failed because of the persistence of the fungus at collection sites.

(Amphibians can acquire resistance to deadly fungus, NSF)

Unfortunately, BPS is also an endocrine disruptor, and its environmental persistence is greater than that of BPA, so it’s not a valid option.

(Purchase receipts with easily erasable ink contain cancer- and infertility inducing substances, University of Granada)

She looked at him, prettily puzzled, for she did not quite like the persistence with which he clung to his notion.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Provides externalization and support of LexGrid-based terminology software (services, persistence, tooling) developed for the Cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG) initiative.

(LexBIG, NCI Thesaurus)

Diseases affecting the orderly growth and persistence of hair.

(Hair Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This process is involved in limiting the persistence of circulating antibodies and in maintaining an active antibody repertoire against recently exposed antigens.

(Negative Regulation of Antibody Titer, NCI Thesaurus)

Persistence of one or more non-target lesion(s) and/or maintenance of tumor marker levels above the normal limits.

(Non Complete Response/Non Progressive Disease, NCI Thesaurus)