Definition of persistent Persistent

/pɚsɪˈstʌnt/ - [persistunt] - per•sist•ent

We found 14 definitions of persistent from 4 different sources.

What does persistent mean?

Adjective
persistent - never-ceasing; "the relentless beat of the drums"
		relentless, unrelenting
		continual occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters"
persistent - retained; not shed; "persistent leaves remain attached past maturity"; "the persistent gills of fishes"
		lasting
		biological science, biology the science that studies living organisms
persistent - stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"
		dogged, dour, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding
		stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
persistent - continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy
		haunting

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persistent (Adjective)
Obstinately refusing to give up or let go .
persistent (Adjective)
Insistently repetitive.
persistent (Adjective)
Indefinitely continuous.
persistent (Adjective)
Lasting past maturity without falling off.
persistent (Adjective)
About some data or data structures: existing after the execution of the program. Remaining in existence past the lifetime of the program that creates it.
persistent (Adjective)
Describing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function .
persistent (Adjective)
Non- transient.

persistent (a.)
Inclined to persist; having staying qualities; tenacious of position or purpose.
persistent (a.)
Remaining beyond the period when parts of the same kind sometimes fall off or are absorbed; permanent; as, persistent teeth or gills; a persistent calyx; -- opposed to deciduous, and caducous.