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Dictionary: perm   (pûrm) pronunciation
Informal.
n.
A permanent.

tr.v., permed, perm·ing, perms.
To give (hair) a permanent.


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engineering A measure of the permeability of natural reservoirs, e.g. for oil fields; at 0°C 1 perm = 57.214~ × 10-12 kg·Pa-1·m-2·s-1. Hence perm·in = 1.453 2~ × 10-12 kg·Pa-1·m-2·s-1.

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A unit of water vapor permeance; in US Customary units, 1 perm equals one grain of water vapor transmitted per one square foot per hour per inch of mercury pressure difference.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals
  Synonyms: permanent wave, permanent


The verb perm has one meaning:

Meaning #1: give a permanent wave to; of hair


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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - permanent
v. tr. - give permanent

2.
n. - gardering
v. tr. - udvælge, gardere

Nederlands (Dutch)
permanent, volgorde/ combinatie (maken), permanenten

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Cosmét) permanente
v. tr. - faire une permanente

2.
n. - (GB, Sport) combinaison (loto sportif)
v. tr. - faire une combinaison (loto sportif)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Dauerwelle
v. - eine Dauerwelle machen

2.
n. - Austausch
v. - permutieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - περμανάντ, παραλλαγή (σε δελτίο ΠΡΟΠΟ)
v. - κάνω περμανάντ
abbr. - περμανάντ, παραλλαγή (σε δελτίο ΠΡΟΠΟ)

Italiano (Italian)
fare la permanente, giocare sistemi (al totocalcio), permanente, sistema (totocalcio)

Português (Portuguese)
n. - permanente (coloq.)
v. - ondular o cabelo
abbr. - permanente

Русский (Russian)
делать перманентную завивку, перманентная завивка

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - permanente, ondulación permanente
v. tr. - hacer la permanente

2.
n. - permutación, selección de un número especificado de partidos de un conjunto de fútbol
v. tr. - seleccionar de entre una gran cantidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - permanentat hår, systemtips
v. - permanenta, tippa system
abbr. - permanent, permutation

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
烫出的波浪发型, 烫出波浪发型

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 燙出的波浪髮型
v. tr. - 燙出波浪髮型

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 파마, 웨이브
v. tr. - (머리를) 파마 하다

2.
n. - 순열, 교환
v. tr. - 팀 이름을 골라서 짜맞추다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - パーマ
v. - パーマをかける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تمويج, تجعيد الشعر (فعل) يموج, يجعد الشعر (اختصار) إختصار لكلمه دائم Permanent‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סילסול תמידי, קירזול‬
v. tr. - ‮עשה סילסול תמידי, קירזל‬
n. - ‮רשימת משחקי כדורגל להימור‬
v. tr. - ‮בחר (כמות מסוימת) מתוך מספר גדול יותר‬


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