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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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the outer edge of an area: Houses have been built on the periphery of the factory site. The ring road runs around the periphery of the city centre. the less important part of a group or activity: Many women feel they are being kept on the periphery of the armed forces. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Edges & extremities of objects.
1. : the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve. also : the perimeter of a polygon. 2. : the external boundary or surface of a body. 3. a. : the outward bounds of something as distinguished from its internal regions or center : confines. b. : an area lying beyond the strict limits of a thing. Synonyms. borderline. boundary. brim.
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 means outside the boundary of something. If you’re on the periphery of a group, you’re close to it but not part of it. A band on the periphery of a particular scene might have opened for another band a few times, but it's never headlined or gotten their big break.
If something is on the periphery of an area, place, or thing, it is on the edge of it. [formal] Geographically, the U.K. is on the periphery of Europe, while Paris is at the heart of the continent. [ + of] Taste buds are concentrated at the tip and rear of the tongue and around its periphery.
1. A line that forms the boundary of an area; a perimeter. 2. The outside surface of an object. 3. The area along a boundary; the margin. See Synonyms at circumference. 4. An area of secondary status or lesser importance: works that have been relegated to the periphery of literary studies.