Dictionary Definition
permanence n : the property of being able to
exist for an indefinite duration [syn: permanency] [ant: impermanence]
User Contributed Dictionary
Translations
the state of being permanent
- Finnish: pysyvyys
the reciprocal of magnetic inductance
Extensive Definition
Permanence is the state of being permanent:
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abidingness, age, antiquity, application, assiduity, assiduousness, bulldog
tenacity, ceaselessness, changelessness, coeternity, concentration, constancy, continualness, continuance, defeat of time,
defiance of time, dependability, diligence, diuturnity, dogged
perseverance, doggedness, durability, durableness, duration, endlessness, endurance, engrossment, eternalness, eternity, ever-duringness,
everlastingness,
everness, fidelity, fixedness, foreverness, immutability, incessancy, incommutability,
indefatigability,
indefeasibility,
indestructibility,
industriousness,
industry, inertness, infinite duration,
infinity, insistence, insistency, interminability,
intransmutability,
irretrievability,
irreversibility,
irrevocability,
lastingness, long
standing, long-lastingness, long-livedness, longevity, loyalty, maintenance,
never-endingness, obstinacy, patience, patience of Job,
perdurability,
perennation,
perenniality,
perennialness,
permanency, perpetualness, perpetuity, perseverance, persistence, persistency, pertinaciousness,
pertinacity,
plodding, plugging, preoccupation, relentlessness, reliability, resolution, sedulity, sedulousness, sempiternity,
single-mindedness, singleness of purpose, slogging, stability, stamina, standing, staying power,
steadfastness,
steadiness,
stick-to-itiveness, stubbornness, survival, survivance, tenaciousness, tenacity, timelessness, tirelessness, unalterability, unceasingness, unchangeability,
unchangeableness,
unmodifiability,
unremittingness,
unrestorableness,
unreturnableness,
unswerving attention