permanent

adjective

  1. 1

    Without end, eternal.

    Nothing in this world is truly permanent.

  2. 2

    Lasting for an indefinitely long time.

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

noun

  1. 1

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

  2. 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. 3

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

verb

  1. 1

    To perm (the hair).

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