Crossword clues for persistency
persistency
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Persistence \Per*sist"ence\, Persistency \Per*sist"en*cy\, n.
The quality or state of being persistent; staying or continuing quality; hence, in an unfavorable sense, doggedness; obstinacy.
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The continuance of an effect after the cause which first gave rise to it is removed; as:
(Physics) The persistence of motion.
(Physiol.) Visual persistence, or persistence of the visual impression; auditory persistence, etc.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state or characteristic of being persistent. 2 (context countable English) A measure of how much something persists.
WordNet
n. persistent determination [syn: doggedness, perseverance, persistence, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacity]
Usage examples of "persistency".
This gigantic monument was the most prominent object in sight, with the exception of the sacred temple, which Sah-luma presently pointed out,--a round, fortress-like piece of architecture ornamented with twelve gilded towers from which bells were now clashing and jangling in a storm of melodious persistency.
Even the hatred of the grand old man had an element of unselfishness in its retroaction, of power in its persistency, and of greatness in its absolute contempt of compromise.
He haunted the kitchen with the persistency of a blackbeetle, and became such a nuisance at last that Miss Hartley espoused his cause almost with enthusiasm.
Admiring his friend's audacity, deploring his rashness, reproving his persistency, Potts allowed his verdict to go by results.