单词 | non-permanent |
释义 | non-permanentadj. That is not permanent; temporary, transitory. Cf. impermanent adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective] > temporary or provisional whilwendlicc1000 whilenda1050 specialc1400 seasonable1549 temporary1567 provisional1597 provisionary1617 temporaneal1625 provisory1630 interimistical1643 pro tempore1649 temporaneous1656 non-permanent1782 jury-rigged1788 ad interim1806 interim1808 meantime1840 running1851 flying1857 pro tem1858 interimistic1859 temp1909 caretaker1945 1782 tr. A.-F. de Fourcoy Elements Nat. Hist. I. p. xxix The differences between them [sc. æriform fluids] are so great, that they have been distinguished into permanent and non-permanant. 1820 Times 12 Apr. 3/4 What he meant by a non-permanent inflammable gas was, a gas which would light if a match were applied to it, but which would go out when the match was removed. 1863 New Amer. Cycl. (new ed.) XV. 43/2 Steam, the name applied generically to the vapor or non-permanent gas given off by any liquid. 1891 Science 10 Apr. 200/1 Coal tar and linseed oils are volatile, and therefore non-permanent. 1939 R. R. D. Revelle & F. P. Shepard in P. D. Trask Recent Marine Sedim. 277 In the Southern California region..the chief role in the transportation of débris must be played by tidal currents and non-permanent eddying ‘slope currents’ resulting from wind action. 1969 R. F. Nyrop et al. Rwanda 177 Of the 51,000 private and semipublic sector wage and salary earners enumerated in 1964, approximatemy 21 percent were classified as nonpermanent or as daily, seasonal, or occasional workers. 1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 10 June 6/2 We have to..rethink the pattern of rotation for nonpermanent members. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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