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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation perchloroethylene

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Examples

  • Well, one of the predictions of PCE is that as soon as one sees something like a Turing machine whose behavior is complex, the system will end up being universal — even if its underlying rules are really simple.

    Wolfram Blog : The Prize Is Won; The Simplest Universal Turing Machine Is Proved 2007

  • Going forward, my votes on monetary policy will continue to be based on the evolution of the data on PCE inflation and its components, medium-term PCE inflation expectations, and unemployment.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Babad 2011

  • The Fed's own preferred gauge is the price index for personal consumption expenditures, or PCE, which is based on actual monthly outlays instead of the CPI's household survey.

    Housing Bubble Continues to Haunt Fed Kelly Evans 2011

  • What's even worse is the Fed uses the core rate of PCE, which is a chained weighted index that excludes the things that Americans need to survive on a daily basis.

    Michael Pento: Fed Dismisses Economic Recovery Michael Pento 2012

  • The mystic, recalling the PCE awareness, could note that the awareness had been of a “pure” type.

    Mysticism Gellman, Jerome 2005

  • Between 65 and 70 percent of the country's estimated 25,000 dry-cleaning facilities use the solvent, known as PCE or perc, industry representatives said.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Contamination was discovered at the plaza in 2005, and a full investigation in 2008 and 2009 found groundwater contamination from seven volatile organic compounds, including tetrachloroethene, also known as PCE or PERC, and its breakdown components: trichloroethene, or TCE, cis-1,2-Dichloroethene, and vinyl chloride.

    theithacajournal.com - 2010

  • Contamination was discovered at the plaza in 2005, and a full investigation in 2008 and 2009 found groundwater contamination from seven volatile organic compounds, including tetrachloroethene, also known as PCE or PERC, and its breakdown components: trichloroethene, or TCE, cis-1,2-Dichloroethene, and vinyl chloride.

    theithacajournal.com - 2010

  • Kidney cancer in particular is associated with exposure to perchloroethylene, also known as PCE or perc, a common dry-cleaning solvent that years ago leached into Crestwood's well.

    chicagotribune.com - 2010

  • In real terms PCE rose 0. 3% with positive contributions across all components: durable goods jumped up 0. 7%, non-durable goods rose 0. 8% and services increased 0. 1%.

    FXstreet.com BBVA Bancomer 2010

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