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persistent |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Persistent \Per*sist"ent\, a. [L. persistens, -entis, p. pr of persistere See {Persist}.] 1. Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose. 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: persistent adj 1: never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums" [syn: {relentless}, {unrelenting}] 2: continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy [syn: {haunting}] 3: (biology) retained; not shed; "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes" [syn: {lasting}] [ant: {caducous}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: persistent {persistence}
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