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1. Continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place
   "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"
   - lasting
    
2. Not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition
   "permanent brain damage"

1. A series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals
   - permanent wave, perm

Derived forms: permanents

See also: abiding, aeonian, ageless, enduring, eonian [N. Amer], eternal, everlasting, imperishable, indissoluble, ineradicable, irreversible, lastingly, permanence, permanency, permanently, perpetual, stable, standing, unceasing, unchangeable, unending

Type of: wave

Antonym: impermanent

Encyclopedia: Permanent