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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  PER
       
          1.  Packed Encoding Rules.
       
          2.  partial equivalence relation.
       
          (1998-05-27)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
  
     Per diem, by the day. [For other phrases from the Latin,
        see Quotations, Phrases, etc., from Foreign Languages, in
        the Supplement.]
        [1913 Webster]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]


  PER
       Packed Encoding Rules (ASN.1)

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]


  PER
       Program Event Recording

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 Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  per
     Βρετονικά n.
     αχλάδι
     Εσπεράντο prep.
     1 (''για μέσα κυκλοφορίας'') με
     2 μέσω

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Per
     Γερμανικά n.
     (όνομα de α)
     Σουηδικά n.
     (όνομα sv α)