Look up: persistence

1. persistence
   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 ...
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2. Persistence
   Continuation of existing conditions. When a physical parameter varies slowly, the best prediction is often persistence.
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3. Persistence
   Refers to the length of time a compound stays in the environment, once introduced. A compound may persist for less than a second or indefinitely.
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4. Persistence
   Ability of an organism to remain in a particular setting for a period of time after it is introduced.
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5. Persistence
   The relative term applied to chemicals or microbial insecticides that remain active for a long period of time after application. With chemicals, persistence is due to low volatility and chemical stability. Certain organochlorine insecticides are highly persistent. With reference to a disease agent, one that remains in a virulent state in the vector's system for more than 100 hs or the lifetime of the vector.
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6. Persistence
   is the word used for chemicals that do not break down very easily and remain persistent (in one form or another) in the environment
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7. Persistence
   Stability of chemical compounds in the environment. Persistence is an important negative criterion in the ecological assessment of chemicals.
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8. persistence
   Attribute of a substance that describes the length of time that the substance remains in a particular environment before it is physically removed or chemically or biologically transformed.
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9. persistence
   the property of a substance to remain chemically unchanged in an environmental compartment; this characteristic is partly a result of the longevity of pesticide for it takes time to pass from insect to insect to songbird to falcon Category: Environment • the continuation of luminance aft...
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10. persistence
    (1) The tendency of a cell to continue moving in one direction: an internal bias on the random walk behaviour that cells exhibit in isotropic environments. (2) Of viruses that persist in a cell population, animal, plant or population for long periods often in a non-replicating form, by such strategies as integration into host DNA, immunological suppression, or mutation into forms with slow replication.
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11. persistence
    1. The tendency of a cell to continue moving in one direction: an internal bias on the random walk behaviour that cells exhibit in isotropic environments. ... 2. Of viruses that persist in a cell population, animal, plant or population for long periods often in a nonreplicating form, by such strateg...
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12. Persistence
    • (n.) Alt. of Persistency
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13. persistence
    (from the article `weather forecasting`) Persistence (warm summers follow warm springs) or anti-persistence (cold springs follow warm winters) also were used, even though, strictly speaking, ...
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14. persistence
    persistence 1. The quality of continuing steadily despite problems or difficulties. 2. To go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warnings.
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15. Persistence
    The condition of enduring in time, with or without change. -- R.B.W.
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16. persistence
    Type: Term Pronunciation: per-sis′tĕnts Definitions: 1. Obstinate continuation of characteristic behavior, or of existence despite treatment or adverse environmental conditions.
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17. Persistence
    (computer science) `Persistence` in computer science refers to the characteristic of state that outlives the process that created it. Without this capability, state would only exist in RAM, and would be lost when this RAM loses power, such as a computer shutdown. This is achieved in practice ...
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18. Persistence
    (linguistics) `Persistence` in linguistics refers to one of the five principles by which you can detect grammaticalisation while it is taking place. The other four are: layering, divergence, specialisation, and de-categorialisation. <br /><br /> “When a form undergoes grammaticali...
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19. Persistence
    (discontinuity) `Persistence` determines the possibilities of relative movement along a discontinuity in a soil or rock mass in geotechnical engineering. Discontinuities are usually differentiated in persistent, non-persistent, and abutting discontinuities (figure) <ref name=ISRM1978/><...
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20. Persistence
    (psychology) In psychology, `persistence` (PS) is a personality trait. It is measured in the Temperament and Character Inventory. The subscales of PS in TCI-R consist of # Eagerness of effort (PS1) # Work hardened (PS2) # Ambitious (PS3) # Perfectionist (PS4)
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