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• n  the property of being able to exist for an indefinite duration

• This fragility leads us to watch them one very last time: to be dismayed, or to admire, it makes us wonder about the permanence of things.
• Yet there is little doubt that the free-software movement for which Stallman planted the seed has achieved a permanence through Torvalds' pragmatic work.
• Solidity and permanence read as rigidity and torpor.

• permanency

• impermanence

News & Articles

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• New ASTM Consumer Products Standard Addresses Safety Requirements for Cribs and Crib Mattresses
  ASTM F2933, Consumer Safety Specification for Crib Mattresses, covers such topics as gap between mattress and crib rails, height of crib from top of mattress, and mattress thickness. Standard establishes design requirements, testing requirements and methods, and requirements for labeling for full-size and non-full-size crib mattresses. Also, test methods are included for permanence of labels and ...
  June 18, 2013 - ThomasNet

Quotes

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• Oscar Tabarez in Independent Online
  It would be Utopian to think of Uruguay's permanence at the summit, but we can believe in circumstantial results,Tabarez said...
• Benjamin Netanyahu in Findtut
  The stronger those sanctions are, the more likely it will be that the Iranian regime will have to chose between advancing its nuclear programme and advancing the future of its own permanence,Mr. Netanyahu said.
• Rachel Robinson in 940 News
  This is an overwhelming experience,Robinson said. "At my stage of life, you're looking for permanence, you're looking for things that are going to shore up the future. So many times developments don't last, progress doesn't last. What the...