Permanent vs False - What's the difference?
permanent | false |
Without end, eternal.
Lasting for an indefinitely long time.
A chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.
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(linear algebra, combinatorics) Given an matrix , the sum over all permutations of .
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As adjectives the difference between permanent and false
is that permanent is without end, eternal while false is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.As a noun permanent
is a chemical hair treatment imparting or removing curliness, whose effects typically last for a period of weeks; a perm.As a verb permanent
is (dated) to perm (the hair).permanent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Nothing in this world is truly permanent .
- The countries are now locked in a permanent state of conflict.
Antonyms
* impermanent, temporaryDerived terms
* permanently * permanent marker * permanent wave * permanent wayNoun
(wikipedia permanent) (en noun)- She had pewter-coloured hair set in a ruthless permanent , a hard beak and large moist eyes with the sympathetic expression of wet stones.
See also
* determinant * ephemeral * relaxer * temporaryExternal links
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English
Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}