Definition of Permenent
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Without end, eternal.
Nothing in this world is truly permanent.
- Lasting for an indefinitely long time.
The countries are now locked in a permanent state of conflict.
- (colloquial) A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks.
- (combinatorics) Given an n \times n matrix a_{ij} \,, the sum over all permutations \pi \, of \prod_{i=1}^n{a_{i\pi(i)}(combinatorics).
French
- permanent
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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