persistent
/pɚˈsɪstənt/ adjective B2- Obstinately refusing to give up or let go. · She has had a persistent cough for weeks.
- Insistently repetitive. · There was a persistent knocking on the door.
- Indefinitely continuous. · There have been persistent rumours for years.
- Lasting past maturity without falling off. · Pine cones have persistent scales.
- 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.
- Describing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function
- non-transient.
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However, cognitive scientists have consistently demonstrated that true multitasking is nothing more than a persistent illusion.
Furthermore, the constant exposure to the gaze of managers and peers can generate a subtle but persistent sense of anxiety.
The weather conditions were incredibly unpromising, characterized by a persistent drizzle and strong, unpredictable gusts of wind.
She confessed to the pages that the roaring engine had ignited a persistent dream of navigating the vast clouds herself.
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