persistent · Contextualize

Etymology

From Latin persistentem, present participle of persistō (“continue steadfastly”). By surface analysis, persist + -ent.

borrowed from persistēns

Definitions

1
Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.
- She has had a persistent cough for weeks.
2
Insistently repetitive.
- There was a persistent knocking on the door.
3
Indefinitely continuous.
- There have been persistent rumours for years.
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1. 4
  Lasting past maturity without falling off.
  - Pine cones have persistent scales.
2. 5
  Of data or a data structure
  Of data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it.
  - Once written to a disk file, the data becomes persistent: it will still be there tomorrow when we run the next program.
3. Describing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function
4. non-transient.

The neighborhood

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neighborpersistence
neighborpersistency
neighborpersistently

Derived

antipersistent, biopersistent, hyperpersistent, impersistent, non-null persistent, nonpersistent, null persistent, persistent adrenarche syndrome, persistent cloaca, persistent cookie, persistent cross-site scripting, persistent depressive disorder, persistent genital arousal disorder, persistent organic pollutant, persistent sexual arousal syndrome, persistent truncus arteriosus, persistent vegetative state, semipersistent

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at persistent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at persistent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at persistent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.