Category:Persistence

Per*sist"ence, per*sist"en*cy, n. Etym: [see persistent.]

1. The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing Quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy.

2. The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise To it is removed; as: (a) (physics)

Defn: the persistence of motion. (b) (physiol.) Visual persistence, or persistence of the visual Impression; auditory persistence, etc.