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Perm (pyĕrm), city (1990 est. pop. 1,090,000), capital of Perm Territory, NE European Russia, on the Kama River. It is a transfer center for rail and river traffic and a major producer of machinery in the Urals industrial region. Perm also has chemical plants and oil refineries. It was founded in 1780 and underwent rapid industrial growth in the 19th cent. Perm was called Molotov from 1940 to 1958. It is the seat of a university. Perm a port in W Russia, on the Kama River: oil refinery; university (1916). Pop.: 984 000 (2005 est.) perm [pərm] (petroleum engineering) A unit indicating the degree of permeability of a porous reservoir structure; the unit is expressed as bbl day-1ft-2psi-1ft cp or ft3day-1ft-2psi-1ft cp. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This time there are all kinds of people staring at us like our hair is on fire: old ladies in flowered muumuus, the women from the beauty parlor next door with their hair half braided and half permed. This woman was skinny with sunken cheeks, hair half permed and I don't know when was the last time she had washed. Wigmakers can use hair that has been colored or permed, but not bleached or chemically damaged. |
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