resistance
Persistence stands for objective meanings:
- Durability and stability , especially as a
- Hardness and resistance of objects and products, see material properties
- chemical resistance of materials and their surfaces
- Heat resistance of materials, work pieces and end products
- Shelf life of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and food
Persistence means in the philosophical-psychological sense:
- Duration , regularity
- Equanimity , mental stability
- Stabilitas loci (one of the vows according to the rule of the order of St. Benedict )
- Constancy of the stars, see the starry sky
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