perc

• perc.

perc (uncountable)

1. Perchloroethylene, a common solvent used in dry-cleaning
2. Abbreviation of percolation.

   a perc test of the soil

3. Alternative form of perk (perquisite)
   • 1994 October, Harry Hay, “Focussing On NAMBLA Obscures The Issues”, in Gay Community News, page 19:

     As members of the middle class try to hang on to the percs and privileges of their fading good life, they rush, as always before, to "cast their cares upon God."

perc (not comparable)

1. (medicine, colloquial) Percutaneous.

   perc trach

• ERCP, PCRE, RCEP, crep, eRCP, prec.

Back-formation from percen.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrt͡s]

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• Rhymes: -ɛrt͡s

perc (plural percek)

1. minute (unit of time)
2. (geometry) minute (a unit of angle)
3. (anatomy) a segment of a finger

• perc in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN