Persistence

1. (n.) Staying or continuing quality; doggedness; obstinacy.

2. (n.) The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise to it is removed

3. (n.) The persistence of motion.

4. (n.) Visual persistence, or persistence of the visual impression; auditory persistence, etc.

Thesaurus Entries

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