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Definition of Persistent

1. Adjective. Never-ceasing. "The relentless beat of the drums"

2. Adjective. Continually recurring to the mind. "The cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"

3. Adjective. Retained; not shed. "The persistent gills of fishes"

4. Adjective. Stubbornly unyielding. "Men tenacious of opinion"

Definition of Persistent

1. a. Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.

Definition of Persistent

1. Adjective. Obstinately refusing to give up or let go. ¹

2. Adjective. Insistently repetitive. ¹

3. Adjective. Indefinitely continuous. ¹

4. Adjective. (botany) Lasting past maturity without falling off. ¹

5. Adjective. (computing) About some data or data structures: existing after the execution of the program. Remaining in existence past the lifetime of the program that creates it. ¹

6. Adjective. (mathematics) Describing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function ¹

7. Adjective. (mathematics stochastic processes of a state) non-transient. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Persistent

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Persistent

1. Continuing to exist in spite of interference or treatment, tending to recur. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Persistent

persimmon persimmon tree persimmons persing persist persist in persistability persistable persistant persisted

persistence persistence hunting persistences persistencies persistency persistent (current term) persistent atrioventricular canal persistent chronic hepatitis persistent ectopic pregnancy persistent foetal circulation syndrome

persistent generalised lymphadenopathy persistent mullerian duct syndrome persistent tremor persistent vegetative state persistently

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