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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Permanent \Per"ma*nent\, adjective [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.
Eternity stands permanent and fixed. --Dryden.
{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.
Syn: Lasting; durable; constant. See {Lasting}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
permanent
adjective
1: continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value" [syn: {lasting}] [ant: {impermanent}]
2: not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition; "permanent brain damage"
noun: a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals [syn: {permanent wave}, {perm}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
224 Moby Thesaurus words for "permanent": Afro, abiding, age-long, aged, ageless, all-knowing, all-powerful, all-seeing, all-wise, almighty, ancient, antique, assiduous, boundless, ceaseless, changeless, chronic, coeternal, coif, coiffure, cold wave, conk, constant, continual, continuing, continuous, creating, creative, dateless, diligent, diuturnal, dogged, durable, endless, enduring, eternal, eternally the same, eterne, ever-being, ever-durable, ever-during, evergreen, everlasting, everliving, faithful, firm, fixed, frozen, glorious, good, haircut, hairdo, hairstyle, hallowed, hardy, headdress, highest, holy, home permanent, immemorial, immobile, immortal, immutable, imperishable, inalterable, incessant, incommutable, inconvertible, indefatigable, indefeasible, indestructible, indomitable, industrious, inert, infinite, insistent, insusceptible of change, intact, interminable, intransient, intransmutable, invariable, inveterate, invincible, inviolate, irretrievable, irreversible, irrevocable, just, lasting, limitless, long-lasting, long-lived, long-standing, long-term, longeval, longevous, loving, loyal, luminous, macrobiotic, majestic, making, merciful, natural, never-ceasing, never-ending, never-tiring, noble, nonreturnable, nonreversible, nonstop, nonterminating, nonterminous, numinous, obstinate, of long duration, of long standing, olamic, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, one, patient, patient as Job, perdurable, perduring, perennial, permanent wave, perpetual, perseverant, persevering, persistent, persisting, pertinacious, plodding, plugging, preoccupied, process, quiescent, radiant, rapt, relentless, remaining, resolute, reverseless, rigid, sacred, sedulous, sempervirent, sempiternal, shaping, single-minded, sleepless, slogging, solid, sovereign, stable, static, stationary, staying, steadfast, steady, stubborn, supreme, sustained, tenacious, timeless, tireless, torpid, tough, ubiquitous, unabating, unalterable, unalterative, unaltered, unbounded, unceasing, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, unconquerable, undaunted, undefined, undeflectable, undestroyed, undeviating, undiscouraged, undrooping, undying, unending, unfading, unfailing, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching, unintermitting, uninterrupted, unlimited, unmodifiable, unnodding, unrelaxing, unrelenting, unremitting, unrestorable, unreturnable, unshifting, unsleeping, unsusceptible, unswerving, untiring, unvariable, unvaried, unvarying, unwavering, unwearied, unwearying, unwinking, utterly attentive, vital, wave, weariless, without end
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