Perm (disambiguation)
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Perm or PERM may refer to:
abbreviations and acronyms
- Great PermGreat PermGreat Perm or simply Perm, Latinized Permia, was a medieval Komi state in what is now the Perm Krai of the Russian Federation.Cherdyn is said to have been its capital....
, a historic region in Russia- PermPermPerm is a city and the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia, located on the banks of the Kama River, in the European part of Russia near the Ural Mountains. From 1940 to 1957 it was named Molotov ....
, a city in Russia - Perm KraiPerm KraiPerm Krai is a federal subject of Russia that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 referendum on the merger of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug. The city of Perm became the administrative center of the new federal subject...
, a federal subject of Russia - Perm OblastPerm OblastUntil December 1, 2005, Perm Oblast was a federal subject of Russia in Privolzhsky Federal District. According to the results of the referendum held in October 2004, Perm Oblast was merged with Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug to form Perm Krai.The oblast was named after its administrative center,...
, a former federal subject of Russia
- Perm
- PermianPermianThe PermianThe term "Permian" was introduced into geology in 1841 by Sir Sir R. I. Murchison, president of the Geological Society of London, who identified typical strata in extensive Russian explorations undertaken with Edouard de Verneuil; Murchison asserted in 1841 that he named his "Permian...
, a geologic period
abbreviations and acronyms
- Permanent wavePermanent waveA permanent wave, commonly called a perm, involves the use of chemicals to break and reform the bonds of the hair. The hair is washed and wrapped on a perm rod and waving lotion is applied with a base. This solution creates a chemical reaction that softens the inner structure of the hair by...
, a hair treatment - PermutationPermutationIn mathematics, the notion of permutation is used with several slightly different meanings, all related to the act of permuting objects or values. Informally, a permutation of a set of objects is an arrangement of those objects into a particular order...
(mathematics) - Perm (unit)Perm (unit)A perm is a unit of permeance or "water vapor transmission" given a certain differential in partial pressures on either side of a material or membrane.-Definitions:US permMetric permEquivalent SI unit...
, a unit of permeance (gas or vapor transmission) in materials and membranes - The successor company of AviadvigatelAviadvigatelAviadvigatel OJSC is a developer and builder of aero-engines for Ilyushin Il-76MF, Ilyushin Il-96, Tupolev Tu-204, Tupolev Tu-214, and other aircraft...
and the Soloviev Design Bureau - PERM (computer), a stored program-controlled electronic computer Munich, 1952-1956
- PERM, labor certification (Program Electronic Review Management), a foreign labor certification program implemented by the United States Department of Labor
- P.E.R.M.Diesel Electric railmotor (VR)The Diesel Electric Rail Motor was a railmotor operated by the Victorian Railways of Australia.-History:...
the Petrol Electric Railmotor of the Victorian Railways