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permanent

adj
/ˈpɜː.mə.nənt/UK/ˈpɜɹ.mə.nənt/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from permanēns
  2. derived from permanent
  3. inherited from permanent

Definitions

  1. Without end, eternal.

    • Nothing in this world is truly permanent.
    • Things that had been permanent and unquestionable were suddenly thrown into doubt.

  2. Lasting for an indefinitely long time.

    • The countries are now locked in a permanent state of conflict.

  3. A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last…

    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.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Given an n×n matrix a_ij,, the sum over all permutations π, of ∏ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_iπ(i).

    2. A card whose effects persist beyond the turn on which it is played.

    3. To perm (the hair).

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Derived

compromise to a permanent end, impermanent, nonpermanent, permacath, permaculture, permalancer, permanental, permanent brain, permanent contract, permanent dirt, permanent income hypothesis, permanentize, permanent loan, permanently, permanent magnet, permanent marker, permanent mission, permanentness, permanent paper, permanent press, permanent-press, permanent private hall, permanent residency, permanent resident, permanent revolution, permanent revolutionary, permanent revolutionist, permanent shave, permanent teeth, permanent tooth, permanent underclass, permanent wave, permanent way, permanent white, Permanite, permatron, permie, quasipermanent, semipermanent, semi-permanent · +4 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at permanent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at permanent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at permanent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA