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Definition of Permanent wave
1. Noun. A series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals.
Definition of Permanent wave
1. Noun. A series of waves in the hair produced by means of chemical substances and heat; a perm ¹
2. Noun. (physics) A wave in a moving fluid that does not change shape or position relative to the fluid ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Permanent Wave
Literary usage of Permanent wave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1996-1997 by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"These workers, who are often called hairstylists, may advise patrons on how to
care for their hair, straighten or permanent wave a customer's hair, ..."
2. Occupational Outlook Handbook, 1994-1995 by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"These workers, who are often called hairstylists, also may advise patrons on how
to care for their hair. Frequently, they straighten or permanent wave a ..."
3. A Text Book of the Principles of Physics by Alfred Daniell (1895)
"... of the permanent wave described in the preceding paragraphs. If the disturbed
particle A do not oscillate continuously, but travel once merely through a ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1894)
"... shows that the resulting vibratory motion producing the fringes is equivalent
to the vibration which would be caused by a permanent wave fixed at the < ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"When the depth of water is less than — no permanent wave system of speed » can
exist. These changes in the wave length considerably affect the wave pattern ..."
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