permanent
adjective
- 1
Without end, eternal.
Nothing in this world is truly permanent.
- 2
Lasting for an indefinitely long time.
The countries are now locked in a permanent state of conflict.
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 {\displaystyle n\times n} matrix a i j {\displaystyle a_{ij}\,} , the sum over all permutations π {\displaystyle \pi \,} of ∏ i = 1 n a i π ( i ) {\displaystyle \prod _{i=1}^{n}{a_{i\pi (i)}}} .
- 3
A card whose effects persist beyond the turn on which it is played.
verb
- 1
To perm (the hair).
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