permanence

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The state of being permanent.

   To foreigners we often seem guileless and overchatty, an impression which is dispersed when they find that much of our friendliness is just the ebullition of the moment and does not carry with it any permanence of devotion.

2. 2
   noun

   the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration

3. 3
   noun

   The reciprocal of magnetic inductance.

Etymology

From Middle English permanence, permanens, from Middle French permanence, from Medieval Latin permanentia, from Latin permaneō (“to remain; last”).