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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Per- \Per-\ [See {Per}.]
1. A prefix used to signify through throughout, by for or
as an intensive as perhaps, by hap or chance; perennial,
that lasts throughout the year; perforce, through or by
force; perfoliate, perforate; perspicuous, evident
throughout or very evident; perplex, literally, to
entangle very much
2. (Chem.) Originally, denoting that the element to the name
of which it is prefixed in the respective compounds
exercised its highest valence; now only that the element
has a higher valence than in other similar compounds;
thus barium peroxide is the highest oxide of barium;
while nitrogen and manganese peroxides, so-called, are not
the highest oxides of those elements.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Per \Per\, prep. [L. Cf {Far}, {For-}, {Pardon}, and cf {Par},
prep.]
Through by means of through the agency of by for for
each as per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to
individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se by itself of
itself Per is also sometimes used with English words
{Per annum}, by the year; in each successive year; annually.
{Per cent}, {Per centum}, by the hundred; in the hundred; --
used esp. of proportions of ingredients, rate or amount of
interest, and the like commonly used in the shortened
form per cent.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
PER
1. {Packed Encoding Rules}.
2. {partial equivalence relation}.
(1998-05-27)
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
PER
Packed Encoding Rules (ASN.1)
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
PER
Program Event Recording
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