'Per-' definitions:
Definition of 'Per-'
From: 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]
Words containing 'Per-'
- Per,
- Pers,
- Per annum,
- Per centum,
- Per diem,
- Per salt,
- per capita,
- per cent,
- per se,
- per year,
- Ethiops per se,
- beats per minute,
- bits per inch,
- bits per second,
- charge per unit,
- count per minute,
- cycle per second,
- earning per share,
- gigacycle per second,
- kilocycle per second,
- kilometers per hour,
- kilometres per hour,
- megacycle per second,
- miles per gallon,
- miles per hour,
- per capita income,
- precipitate per se,
- revolutions per minute,
- words per minute,
- force per unit area,
- million instructions per second,
- pounds per square inch,
- million floating point operations per second,
- trillion floating point operations per second