permanent
noun
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L325310 on Wikidata ↗adjective
- not temporary, unchanging
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/ / /ˈpɜɹ.mə.nənt/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English permanent, permanente, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanēns, from permaneō (“to stay through”). First attested in the 15th century.
- Without end, eternal.
“Nothing in this world is truly permanent.”
“Things that had been permanent and unquestionable were suddenly thrown into doubt.”
- Lasting for an indefinitely long time.
“The countries are now locked in a permanent state of conflict.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English permanent, permanente, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanēns, from permaneō (“to stay through”). First attested in the 15th century.
- A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.
“She had pewter-coloured hair set in a ruthless permanent, a hard beak and large moist eyes with the sympathetic expression of wet stones.”
- Given an n×n matrix a_ij,, the sum over all permutations π, of ∏ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_iπ(i).
- A card whose effects persist beyond the turn on which it is played.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English permanent, permanente, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanēns, from permaneō (“to stay through”). First attested in the 15th century.
- To perm (the hair).