"permanent wave" meaning in All languages combined

See permanent wave on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: permanent waves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} permanent wave (plural permanent waves)
  1. (British) A series of waves in the hair produced by means of chemical substances and heat; a perm Tags: British Categories (topical): Hair
    Sense id: en-permanent_wave-en-noun-MJuMYjIy Disambiguation of Hair: 68 32 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 55 45
  2. (physics) A wave in a moving fluid that does not change shape or position relative to the fluid Categories (topical): Physics Translations (physics: wave that does not change shape): seisova aalto (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-permanent_wave-en-noun-0yS9EWam Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 55 45 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'physics: wave that does not change shape': 9 91

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