permanent, lasting
(adjective) continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; “permanent secretary to the president”; “permanent address”; “literature of permanent value”
permanent
(adjective) not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition; “permanent brain damage”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
permanent (comparative more permanent, superlative most permanent)
Without end, eternal.
Lasting for an indefinitely long time.
• (without end): everlasting, neverending, unending; see also eternal or endless
• (lasting for an indefinitely long time): durable, intransient; see also lasting
• impermanent, temporary
permanent (plural permanents)
A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.
(linear algebra, combinatorics) Given an matrix , the sum over all permutations of .
(trading card games) A card whose effects persist beyond the turn on which it is played.
permanent (third-person singular simple present permanents, present participle permanenting, simple past and past participle permanented)
(transitive, dated) To perm (the hair).
• Petermann, merpentan
Source: Wiktionary
Per"ma*nent, a. Etym: [L. permanens, -entis, p.pr. of permanere to stay or remain to the end, to last; per + manere to remain: cf. F. permanent. See Per-, and Mansion.]
Definition: Continuing in the same state, or without any change that destroys form or character; remaining unaltered or unremoved; abiding; durable; fixed; stable; lasting; as, a permanent impression. Eternity stands permanent and fixed. Dryden. Permanent gases (Chem. & Physics), hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide; -- also called incondensible or incoercible gases, before their liquefaction in 1877.
– Permanent way, the roadbed and superstructure of a finished railway; -- so called in distinction from the contractor's temporary way.
– Permanent white (Chem.), barium sulphate (heavy spar), used as a white pigment or paint, in distinction from white lead, which tarnishes and darkens from the formation of the sulphide.
Syn.
– Lasting; durable; constant. See Lasting.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 April 2025
(adjective) (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; “empty eyes”; “a glassy stare”; “his eyes were glazed over with boredom”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
