1. Continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place
   "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"; "permanent secretary to the president";
   - 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
   "She decided to get a permanent wave to add volume to her straight hair";
   - permanent wave, perm

Derived forms: permanents

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

Type of: wave

Encyclopedia: Permanent