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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.
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.
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