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  5  definitions  found 
 
  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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