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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Persistence

/pẽrs-ĭs'-təns/ · Per·sist·ence · IPA /pəˈsɪst(ə)ns/
01 n. The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy.
  1. 1.
    The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy.
  2. 2.
    The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise to it is removed(Physics)