permanent

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: permanent wavepermlasting

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicalsSynonyms: permanent waveperm

Adjective (2)

  1. continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place“permanent secretary to the president”“permanent address”“literature of permanent value”Synonyms: lasting
  2. not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition“permanent brain damage”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

permanent \permanent\ n.

1.A wave or curl in the hair that lasts for months and is made durable by treating the hair with chemicals when it is curled.

Syn: permanent wave. [PJC]

Permanent \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. [1913 Webster]

Eternity stands permanent and fixed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Permanent gases (Chem. & Physics), hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide; -- also called incondensible gases or incoercible gases, before their liquefaction in 1877. The term is now archaic.

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. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Lasting; durable; constant. See Lasting. [1913 Webster]

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