Meaning of PERMANENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'purmununt
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- [n] a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals
- [adj] continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"
- [adj] not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition; "permanent brain damage"
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| | Synonyms: | | abiding, ageless, enduring, eternal, everlasting, imperishable, indissoluble, irreversible, lasting, perm, permanent wave, perpetual, standing(a), unceasing, unending |
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| | Antonyms: | | impermanent, temporary | | |
| | See Also: | | ineradicable, stable, unchangeable, wave | |
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| | Definition: | | \Per"ma*nent\, a. [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}.]
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}.
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