1. lasting or remaining without essential change: "the universal human yearning for something permanent, enduring, without shadow of change” ( Willa Cather).
2. not expected to change in status, condition, or place: a permanent address; permanent secretary to the president.
3. any of several long-lasting hair styles usually achieved by chemical applications which straighten, curl, or wave the hair.

1. without end, eternal.
2. lasting for an indefinitely long time.
3. A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.
4. given an matrix , the sum over all permutations of .

1. continuing in the same state, or without any change that destroys form or character; remaining unaltered or unremoved; abiding; durable; fixed; stable; lasting.

1. lasting or intended to last indefinitely; fixed or enduring in character, condition, state, position, occupation, use, or the like; remaining or intended to remain unchanged or unremoved; not temporary or subject to change; abiding: as, a permanent building; permanent colors; permanent employment; permanent possession.
2. in zoology, always present in a species or group.
3. in the plural, a general name for light cotton cloth, sometimes glazed and generally dyed in bright colors.

1. continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place
2. not capable of being reversed or returned to the original condition
3. a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals