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What's The Definition Of Per-?Synonyms | Synonyms for Per-: Related Terms | Find terms related to Per-: accommodated to | according to | adapted to | adjusted to | after | agreeable to | agreeably to | all | answerable to | aside | by | by dint of | by means of | by use of | by virtue of | by way of | conformable to | congruent with | consistent with | each | for each | hereby | herewith | in accordance with | in agreement with | in compliance with | in conformity with | in correspondence to | in harmony with | in keeping with | in line with | in lock-step with | in obedience to | in step with | in uniformity with | in virtue of | on | per capita | proper to | suitable for | thanks to | thereby | therewith | through | uniform with | upon | vagabond | via | whereby | wherewith | wherewithal | with See Also | Per- In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. {Per diem}, by the day. [For other phrases from the Latin, see Quotations, Phrases, etc., from Foreign Languages, in the Supplement.] |
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