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persistency

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per·sis·ten·cy  (pr-sstn-s)
n.
Persistence.
In biological or chemical warfare, the characteristic of an agent which pertains to the duration of its effectiveness under determined conditions after its dispersal.
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Noun1.persistency - persistent determinationpersistency - persistent determination            
doggedness, perseverance, pertinacity, tenaciousness, tenacity, persistence
determination, purpose - the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose; "his determination showed in his every movement"; "he is a man of purpose"
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That was Matthew's way--take a whim into his head and cling to it with the most amazing silent persistency--a persistency ten times more potent and effectual in its very silence than if he had talked it out.
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cried Stuart, who was beginning to be annoyed at the persistency of his friend.
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The case looked more and more hopeless the longer I viewed it, yet with a stubborn persistency I forged ahead toward the foothills.
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