"permanent wave" meaning in English

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Noun

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
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  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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 47 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'physics: wave that does not change shape': 9 91

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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