permanent

1. permanent (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Without end, eternal.

Example: Nothing in this world is truly permanent.

2. permanent (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Lasting for an indefinitely long time.

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

3. permanent (noun) — sense 3

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

Example: She had pewter-coloured hair set in a ruthless permanent, a hard beak and large moist eyes with the sympathetic expression of wet stones.

4. permanent (noun) — sense 4

Definition: Given an n×n matrix a_ij,, the sum over all permutations π, of ∏ᵢ₌₁ⁿa_iπ(i).

5. permanent (noun) — sense 5

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

6. permanent (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To perm (the hair).