PERMANENT

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

Etymology

Adjective

permanent (comparative more permanent, superlative most permanent)

Without end, eternal.

Lasting for an indefinitely long time.

Synonyms

• (without end): everlasting, neverending, unending; see also eternal or endless

• (lasting for an indefinitely long time): durable, intransient; see also lasting

Antonyms

• impermanent, temporary

Noun

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 $$n \times n$$ matrix $$a_{ij} \,$$ , the sum over all permutations $$\pi \,$$ of $$\prod_{i=1}^n{a_{i\pi(i)}}$$ .

(trading card games) A card whose effects persist beyond the turn on which it is played.

Verb

permanent (third-person singular simple present permanents, present participle permanenting, simple past and past participle permanented)

(transitive, dated) To perm (the hair).

Anagrams

• 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

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