| persistency | 1. The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy. 2. <physics> The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise to it is removed; as: Visual persistence, or persistence of the visual impression; auditory persistence, etc. See: Persistent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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