Meaning

3 senses
  1. A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.

    Dauerwelle

    пермане́нтpermanént, зави́вкаzavívka

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

    Permanente

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

More definitions
  • a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals

Examples

166 sentences
  1. Everybody wants permanent peace.

    Всі хочуть постійного миру. — deniko

    ruВсе хотят постоянного мира. — Ekaterra

    deJeder möchte dauerhaften Frieden. — kriskelvin

  2. Is your job permanent?

    У тебе постійна робота? — deniko

    ruУ вас постоянная работа? — sharptoothed

  3. Death is permanent.

    Смерть — це назавжди. — deniko

    ruСмерть - это навсегда. — marafon

  4. Nothing is permanent.

    Ніщо не вічне. — deniko

    ruНичто не вечно. — Selena777

  5. Please give me your permanent address.

    ruПрошу назвать ваш адрес места постоянного жительства. — Karok

    deBitte geben Sie mir Ihre feste Adresse. — mayabe

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
hair treatment:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
hair treatment:
sum over all permutations:

Origin

From Middle English permanent, permanente, from Middle French permanent, from Latin perman

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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Forms

plural: permanents
Singularpermanent
Pluralpermanents

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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