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permanent

Pronunciation: /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/

The English word “permanent” has 6 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Without end, eternal.
  2. Lasting for an indefinitely long time.

noun

  1. A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.
  2. Given an n×n matrix a_ij,, the sum over all permutations π, of ∏ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_iπ(i).
  3. A card whose effects persist beyond the turn on which it is played.

verb

  1. To perm (the hair).

Etymology

From Middle English permanent, permanente, from Middle French permanent, from Latin permanēns, from permaneō (“to stay through”). First attested in the 15th century.

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