permanent — meaning in English
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English meaning
- everlasting adjective Lasting forever or for an extremely long time; without end.
- lasting adj Continuing for a long time; enduring.
- ongoing adj Currently happening or still in progress; not yet finished.
- permanent adj Lasting forever or for an indefinitely long time, without a planned end.
Senses
permanent is used for these senses in English:
- everlasting Continuing for a long period; eternal.
- lasting Persisting for an extended period of time.
- ongoing Continuing, permanent, lasting.
- permanent (linear algebra, combinatorics) Given an n \times n matrix a_{ij} \,, the sum over all permutations \pi \, of \prod_{i=1}^n{a_{i\pi(i)}}.
everlasting — full definition
- adjective Lasting forever or for an extremely long time; without end.
- adjective Going on so long or so often that it becomes tiresome.