persistent
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (4)
- never-ceasing“the relentless beat of the drums”Synonyms: relentlessunrelenting
- continually recurring to the mind“haunting memories”“the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty — Claudia Cassidy”Synonyms: haunting
- retained; not shed“persistent leaves remain attached past maturity”“the persistent gills of fishes”Synonyms: lasting
- stubbornly unyielding“dogged persistence”“dour determination”“the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics”“a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it — T.S.Eliot”“men tenacious of opinion”Synonyms: doggeddourpertinacioustenaciousunyielding
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose. [1913 Webster]
2.(Biol.) Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous. [1913 Webster]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
1.<programming> A property of a programming language where created objects and variables continue to exist and retain their values between runs of the program.
2.<hardware> The length of time a phosphor dot on the screen of a cathode ray tube will remain illuminated after it has been energised by the electron beam. Long-persistence phosphors reduce flicker, but generate ghost-like images that linger on screen for a fraction of a second.
(1994-11-09)