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- Dictionaryperiphery/pɪˈrɪf(ə)ri/
noun
- 1. the outer limits or edge of an area or object: "new buildings on the periphery of the hospital site"
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PERIPHERY definition: 1. the outer edge of an area: 2. the less important part of a group or activity: 3. the outer…. Learn more.
The meaning of PERIPHERY is the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve; also : the perimeter of a polygon.
Periphery definition: the external boundary of any surface or area.. See examples of PERIPHERY used in a sentence.
PERIPHERY meaning: 1. the outer edge of an area: 2. the less important part of a group or activity: 3. the outer…. Learn more.
periphery: 1 n the outside boundary or surface of something Synonyms: fringe , outer boundary Type of: bound , boundary , edge a line determining the limits of an area
3 meanings: 1. the outermost boundary of an area 2. the outside surface of something 3. anatomy the surface or outermost part.... Click for more definitions.
on the periphery of something minor parties on the periphery of American politics Word Origin late 16th cent. (denoting a line that forms the boundary of something): via late Latin from Greek periphereia ‘circumference’, from peripherēs ‘revolving around’, from peri- ‘around’ + pherein ‘to bear’.
