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| 1. | [ adjective ] on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area | |
| Examples: | "Russia's peripheral provinces" "peripheral suburbs" |
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| Related terms: | central edge off-base off-base encircling circumferential | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] of or relating to or of the nature of a periphery | |
| Examples: | "peripheral vision" |
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| Related terms: | periphery | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] related to the key issue but not of central importance | |
| Examples: | "a peripheral interest" "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy" "peripheral issues" |
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| Related terms: | incidental | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer | |
| Synonyms: | peripheral_device computer_peripheral | |
| Examples: | "disk drives and printers are important peripherals" |
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| Related terms: | electronic_equipment printer computer digital_computer computer_science | |
| Similar spelling: |
peripherally periphery periphrasis periphrastic |
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