| persuasion | 1. The act of persuading; the act of influencing the mind by arguments or reasons offered, or by anything that moves the mind or passions, or inclines the will to a determination. "For thou hast all the arts of fine persuasion." (Otway) 2. The state of being persuaded or convinced; settled opinion or conviction, which has been induced. "If the general persuasion of all men does so account it." (Hooker) "My firm persuasion is, at least sometimes, That Heaven will weigh man's virtues and his crimes With nice attention." (Cowper) 3. A creed or belief; a sect or party adhering to a certain creed or system of opinions; as, of the same persuasion; all persuasions are agreed. "Of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political." (Jefferson) 4. The power or quality of persuading; persuasiveness. "Is 't possible that my deserts to you Can lack persuasion?" (Shak) 5. That which persuades; a persuasive. Synonym: See Conviction. Origin: L. Persuasio; Cf. F. Persuasion. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| persuasive communication | A mode of communication concerned with inducing or urging the adoption of certain beliefs, theories, or lines of action by others. (12 Dec 1998) |
| persulfate | A salt of persulfuric acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| persulfide | 1. That one of a series of sulfides that contains more atoms of sulfur than any other. 2. The sulfur analog of a peroxide. (05 Mar 2000) |
| persulfuric acid | H2SO5; Peroxymonosulfuric acid;an oxidizing agent. (05 Mar 2000) |
| persulphate | <chemistry> A sulphate of the peroxide of any base. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| persulphide | <chemistry> A sulphide containing more sulphur than some other compound of the same elements; as, iron pyrites is a persulphide; formerly called persulphuret. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| persulphocyanate | <chemistry> A salt of persulphocyanic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| persulphocyanic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or designating, a yellow crystalline substance (called also perthiocyanic acid), analogous to sulphocyanic acid, but containing more sulphur. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| persulphocyanogen | <chemistry> An orange-yellow substance, produced by the action of chlorine or boiling dilute nitric acid and sulphocyanate of potassium. Synonym: pseudosulphocyanogen, perthiocyanogen, and formerly sulphocyanogen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| persulphuret | <chemistry> A persulphide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |