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Permanence

PER'MANENCE

Definition 2025

permanence

permanence

English

Noun

permanence ‎(countable and uncountable, plural permanences)

The state of being permanent.
(physics) The reciprocal of magnetic inductance.

Antonyms

(state): transience
(state): impermanence

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permanent

Translations

the state of being permanent

Arabic: دَوَام (ar) m ‎(dawām)
Armenian: մնայունություն (hy) ‎(mnayunutʿyun), մշտականություն (hy) ‎(mštakanutʿyun)
Catalan: permanència f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 永久性 (zh) ‎(yǒngjiǔxìng), 永恆性 (zh), 永恒性 (zh) ‎(yǒnghéngxìng)
Finnish: pysyvyys (fi)
French: permanence (fr) f
German: Permanenz (de) f, Dauerhaftigkeit f
Greek: μονιμότητα (el) f ‎(monimótita), σταθερότητα (el) f ‎(statherótita)
Hindi: स्थायित्व (hi) ‎(sthāyitv)
Hungarian: állandóság (hu)

Ido: permano (io)
Irish: buaine f, marthanaí f, síoraíocht f
Japanese: 永続 ‎(えいぞく, eizoku), 永久 (ja) ‎(えいきゅう, eikyū)
Korean: 영구성 ‎(yeongguseong)
Maori: turuturu
Polish: permanencja (pl) f
Portuguese: permanência (pt) f
Russian: постоя́нство (ru) n ‎(postojánstvo)
Spanish: permanencia (es) f
Swedish: beständighet
Vietnamese: sự thường xuyên

the reciprocal of magnetic inductance

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin permanentia, from Latin permaneō ‎(“I remain; last”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɛʁ.ma.nɑ̃s/

Noun

permanence f ‎(plural permanences)

permanence (state of being permanent)

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