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per·ma·nent

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–adjective

1.	existing perpetually; everlasting, esp. without significant change.

2.	intended to exist or function for a long, indefinite period without regard to unforeseeable conditions: a permanent employee; the permanent headquarters of the United Nations.

3.	long-lasting or nonfading: permanent pleating; permanent ink.

–noun

4.	Also called permanent wave. a wave or curl that is set into the hair by the application of a special chemical preparation and that remains for a number of months.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L permanent- (s. of permanéns), prp. of permanére to remain. See per-, remain, -ent

]

—Related forms

per·ma·nent·ly, adverb

per·ma·nent·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. stable, invariable, constant.

—Antonyms 1. temporary; inconstant.

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per·ma·nent Audio Help (pûr'mə-nənt) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Lasting or remaining without essential change: "the universal human yearning for something permanent, enduring, without shadow of change" (Willa Cather).
Not expected to change in status, condition, or place: a permanent address; permanent secretary to the president.

n. Any of several long-lasting hair styles usually achieved by chemical applications which straighten, curl, or wave the hair.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin permanēns, permanent-, present participle of permanēre, to endure : per-, throughout; see per- + manēre, to remain; see men-³ in Indo-European roots.]

per'ma·nent·ly adv., per'ma·nent·ness n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
permanent

1432, from M.Fr. permanent (14c.), from L. permanentem (nom. permanens) "remaining," prp. of permanere "endure, continue, stay to the end," from per- "through" + manere "stay" (see mansion).

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permanent
adjective
1.	continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value" [ant: impermanent]
2.	not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition; "permanent brain damage"
noun
1.	a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals [syn: permanent wave]

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permanent [ˈpəːmənənt] adjective

lasting; not temporary
Example: After many years of travelling, they made a permanent home in England.

Arabic:	دائِم
Chinese (Simplified):	永久的，持久的
Chinese (Traditional):	永久的，持久的
Czech:	trvalý
Danish:	permanent; varig
Dutch:	permanent, vast
Estonian:	alaline
Finnish:	vakituinen
French:	permanent
German:	ständig
Greek:	μόνιμος
Hungarian:	állandó
Icelandic:	varanlegur, sem er til frambúðar
Indonesian:	selamanya
Italian:	permanente

Japanese:	永続する
Korean:	영구적인, 영속하는
Latvian:	pastāvīgs; ilgstošs
Lithuanian:	nuolatinis, pastovus
Norwegian:	varig, fast
Polish:	trwały, stały
Portuguese (Brazil):	permanente
Portuguese (Portugal):	permanente
Romanian:	permanent
Russian:	постоянный
Slovak:	trvalý
Slovenian:	trajen
Spanish:	permanente
Swedish:	permanent, bestående, stadigvarande
Turkish:	sürekli

See also: permanent wave

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: per·ma·nent
Pronunciation: 'p&rm(-&)-n&nt
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or being a permanent tooth <permanent dentition>

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Permanent

Last"ing\, a. Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; as, a lasting good or evil; a lasting color.

Syn: Durable; permanent; undecaying; perpetual; unending.

Usage: Lasting, Permanent, Durable. Lasting commonly means merely continuing in existence; permanent carries the idea of continuing in the same state, position, or course; durable means lasting in spite of agencies which tend to destroy.

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Permanent

Man"sion\, n. [OF. mansion, F. maison, fr. L. mansio a staying, remaining, a dwelling, habitation, fr. manere, mansum, to stay, dwell; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. Manse, Manor, Menagerie, Menial, Permanent.]

1. A dwelling place, -- whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter. [Obs.]

In my Father's house are many mansions. --John xiv. 2.

These poets near our princes sleep, And in one grave their mansions keep. --Den?am.

2. The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.

3. (Astrol.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8. --Chaucer.

4. The place in the heavens occupied each day by the moon in its monthly revolution. [Obs.]

The eight and twenty mansions That longen to the moon. --Chaucer.

Mansion house, the house in which one resides; specifically, in London and some other cities, the official residence of the Lord Mayor. --Blackstone.

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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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Permanent

Per*man"sion\, n. [L. permansio. See Permanent.] Continuance. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.

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