persistence Definition
per·sist·ence (pər sist′əns, -zist′-)
noun
- the act of persisting; stubborn or enduring continuance
- the quality of being persistent; tenacity
- the continuance of an effect after the removal of its cause persistence of vision causes visual impressions to continue upon the retina for a brief time
Etymology: Fr persistance
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persistence
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persistence Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- DNA: They looked for persistence of transgenic DNA and for horizontal gene transfer of transgenic DNA into soil bacteria [ 47 ] .
- poverty: The Joseph Rowntree Foundation publishes a report finding evidence of significant persistence of poverty from teenhood to early thirties.
- symptom: Lack of symptoms, persistence of symptoms and side-effects were the major reasons given for discontinuation of medications.
- vision: This depth of feeling is like the persistence of vision, scanning us into every flash story.
- infection: Currently, the most important aspect of this problem seems to be persistence of infection at the breeder level.
Converse of object
- explain: How can we explain the persistence of this banal idea?
- demonstrate: There is, however, a more profound sense in which they demonstrate the persistence of a romantic esthetic and indeed ethic today.
- implement: Section 6.16 describes how to implement polymorphic persistence in the classes that you create by inheriting from RWCollectable.
Adjective modifier
- dogged: But full marks to Smith for dogged persistence in the face of overwhelming contrary evidence.
- isomorphic: We call the type of persistence provided by RWCollectable polymorphic persistence, and recognize it as a superset of isomorphic persistence.
- polymorphic: In order to provide polymorphic persistence, a class must have a unique, unchanging identifier.
- sheer: The award for sheer persistence goes to Paul Simons, who is author of the daily Weather Eye column in The Times.
- viral: The question raised then is what is meant by viral persistence?
- considerable: There is usually considerable persistence of creeping buttercup seed in soil under grassland.
Modifies a noun
- delegate: Returns: The persistence delegate for this type of object.
- none: Persistence None Public Typedefs typedef T key_type; typedef T value_type; / / or.. .
- layer: However to get any benefit from extra features would mean also changing the persistence layer.
- mechanism: The persistence mechanism determines the object type at run time by examining the class ID that was stored with the object.
Noun used with modifier
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