# PERC

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**PERC**, **Perc** or **perc** may refer to:

## People

### Given name

- [Perc Bushby](/source/Perc_Bushby) (1919–1975), Australian rules footballer
- [Perc Horne](/source/Perc_Horne) (1890–1990), Australian rugby league footballer
- [Perc Horner](/source/Perc_Horner) (1913–2001), Australian rules footballer
- [Perc Tucker](/source/Perc_Tucker) (1919–1980), Australian politician - [Perc Tucker Regional Gallery](/source/Perc_Tucker_Regional_Gallery), Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- [Perc Westmore](/source/Perc_Westmore) (1904–1970), English make-up artist in the United States

### Family name

- [Jerneja Perc](/source/Jerneja_Perc) (1971–2009), Slovenian sprinter
- [Matjaž Perc](/source/Matja%C5%BE_Perc), Slovenian physicist and professor
- [Nick Perc](/source/Nick_Perc) (born 2003), Slovenian footballer

## Organizations

- [Pan-European Regional Council](/source/Pan-European_Regional_Council), the European trade union arm of the International Trade Union Confederation
- [Propane Education and Research Council](/source/Propane_Education_and_Research_Council), a lobbying organization
- [Property and Environment Research Center](/source/Property_and_Environment_Research_Center), a free-market environmentalist think tank

## Science

- [PERC solar cell](/source/PERC_solar_cell), a passivated emitter rear contact (PERC) solar cell
- [Tetrachloroethylene](/source/Tetrachloroethylene) or perc, a chemical widely used for dry cleaning and metal-degreasing

### Medicine

- Shortened form of [percocet](/source/Oxycodone/paracetamol)
- [Pulmonary Embolism Rule-out Criteria](/source/Pulmonary_Embolism_Rule-out_Criteria) (PERC Rule), a clinical decision-making tool to aid in the diagnosis of chest pain and/or dyspnea

### Environmental science

- Acronym for "preservation, enhancement, restoration or creation (of a natural resource)" in [environmental mitigation](/source/Environmental_mitigation)
- [Perc test](/source/Perc_test) (percolation test), for determining the water absorption rate of soil
- [PERC Reporting Standard](/source/PERC_Reporting_Standard), the European standard for mineral reporting

## Other

- Abbreviation of [percussion](/source/Percussion_instrument) (musical instruments)
- [Dell PERC](/source/Dell_PERC) (PowerEdge RAID Controller), computer hardware used in Dell PowerEdge servers
- PTC Perc, a line of Java virtual machines acquired by [Atego (company)](/source/Atego_(company)#Acquisition)

## See also

- [Perk (disambiguation)](/source/Perk_(disambiguation))
- [PERQ](/source/PERQ) a model of computer

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