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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An abbreviation of perfect.

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  • abbreviation philately perforation or perforated. When followed by a number, eg, perf 14, this indicates the number of perforations per two centimetres.

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Examples

  • STICKY TOPIC: Seems that this perf is all the talk this week, and I thought I would throw my comic into the ring of various others.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Today’s Comic: “The PS3 Eye” 2007

  • I upgraded to 1 gb from 512mb and perf is much improved no matter what was said.

    Dear Mr. Dell « BuzzMachine 2005

  • The risk in missing acute appendicitis is that the child will "perf" - the inflamed appendix develops a perforation, and bowel contents leak into the abdominal cavity, making the surgery much more complex and dangerous.

    NYT > Home Page M.D. By PERRI KLASS 2010

  • The full list of bugs fixed in Firefox 3.6 with the "perf" keyword is here.

    Planet Mozilla 2010

  • We just love Variety's shorthand of "perf" and wanted to mention it.

    Gelf Magazine 2010

  • The full list of bugs fixed in Firefox 3.6 with the "perf" keyword is here.

    Planet Mozilla 2010

  • We just love Variety's shorthand of "perf" and wanted to mention it.

    Gelf Magazine 2010

  • The full list of bugs fixed in Firefox 3.6 with the "perf" keyword is here.

    Planet Mozilla 2010

  • The full list of bugs fixed in Firefox 3.6 with the "perf" keyword is here.

    dietrich 2010

  • We used 35mm VistaVision plates as well as composited down to 4 perf 35mm format regulating anamorphic lenses, as well as the finished comps looked great.

    Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009

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  • Acting performance.

    August 26, 2009