perc
UK/pɜːk/US/pɝk/
perc is the clipping of perchloroethylene.
perc is the clipping of percolation.
perc is the alternative form of perk.
perc is the alternative letter-case form of Perc.
Meaning of perchloroethylene
Noun
perchloroethylene (countable and uncountable, plural perchloroethylenes)
- Synonym of tetrachloroethylene, a nonflammable, non-polar solvent with low toxicity, especially in the dry-cleaning trade
- Synonyms:
- tetrachloroethylene, PCE, perc
Meaning of percolation
Noun
percolation (countable and uncountable, plural percolations)
- The seepage or filtration of a liquid through a porous substance.
- With simultaneous measurement of channel conductivity and its slow time-dependent fluctuation (or noise) in ultra-thin WSe2 and MoS2 FETs on insulating SiO2 substrates, where noise arises from McWhorter-type carrier number fluctuations, we establish that the switching in conventional backgated TMDC...2015, Tathagata Paul, Subhamoy Ghatak, Arindam Ghosh, “Percolative switching in transition metal dichalcogenide field-effect transistors at room temperature”, in arXiv
Adjective
perc (not comparable)
- Percutaneous.
- perc trach
Noun capitalized: Perc
Perc (countable and uncountable, plural Percs)
- Clipping of Percocet, especially when used as a recreational drug; a Percocet tablet.
- The Perc was starting to kick in, but not the way I wanted it to. It wasn't taking away the pain as much as making my head fuzzy, the way it did when I took too much.2009, Diane Chamberlain, Secrets She Left Behind, Toronto: Mira Books, →ISBN, page 80
Forms of perc
| alternative form | perc. |
|---|---|
| plural | percs |
| plural | Percs |
Origin of perc
Clipping of Percocet.
Words formed from perc
Words that rhyme with perc
Questions about perc
- What does perc mean?
- Perc means percutaneous.
- What is perc the clipping of?
- Perc is the clipping of perchloroethylene.
- What part of speech is perc?
- Perc can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce perc?
- Perc is pronounced /pɜːk/ (UK).
Words near perc in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: perc (page history and authors); Perc (page history and authors); perchloroethylene (page history and authors); percolation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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