Permanent vs Intercalary - What's the difference?
permanent | intercalary |
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.
* 1943 , (Raymond Chandler), The High Window , Penguin 2005, p. 8:
(linear algebra, combinatorics) Given an matrix , the sum over all permutations of .
(of a time period) inserted between others; leap (as in leap day or leap year)
(botany) of a meristem: situated between zones of permanent tissue, thus a shoot growing at the base of a leaf, in comparison with apical growth at the tip of a root or plant.
As adjectives the difference between permanent and intercalary
is that permanent is without end, eternal while intercalary is (of a time period) inserted between others; leap (as in leap day or leap year.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 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.
