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1. (adj.) peripheral
pertaining to or constituting the periphery.
2. peripheral
concerned with the minor or superficial aspects of a question.
3. peripheral
Anat. near the surface or outside of; external.
4. peripheral
of or pertaining to a computer peripheral.
5. (n.) peripheral
an external hardware device, as a keyboard, printer, or tape drive, connected to a computer's CPU.
Etymology: (1800–10; < Gk peripher(ēs) (see periphery ) + -al1)
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| Definition of 'PERIPHERAL' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) peripheral, computer peripheral, peripheral device
(computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer
"disk drives and printers are important peripherals"
2. (adj) peripheral
on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area
"Russia's peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs"
3. (adj) peripheral
related to the key issue but not of central importance
"a peripheral interest"; "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy"; "peripheral issues"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) PERIPHERAL
of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric
2. (adj) PERIPHERAL
external; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system
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Sense: (usually in singular with the ) the edge (of something)
The shops are on the periphery of the housing estate.
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 Afrikaans: in die randgebied |
 Arabic: مُحيطي، سَطْحي |
 Bulgarian: периферен |
 Brazilian: periférico |
 Czech: okrajový |
 German: Rand... |
 Danish: periferisk |
 Greek: περιφερειακός |
 Spanish: periférico |
 Estonian: piiri-,ääre- |
 Farsi: محیطی؛ بیرونی |
 Finnish: perifeerinen |
 French: périphérique |
 Hebrew: הֵיקֶפִי |
 Hindi: वाह्य परिधीय |
 Croatian: periferijski |
 Hungarian: perifériális, periferikus |
 Indonesian: di pinggiran |
 Icelandic: jaðar- |
 Italian: periferico |
 Japanese: 周辺部の |
 Korean: 사소한, 지엽적인 |
 Lithuanian: pakraštinis, periferinis, |
 Latvian: perifērisks; perifērijas- |
 Malay: tdk berapa penting |
 Dutch: rand- |
 Norwegian: perifer |
 Polish: peryferyjny |
 Persian: محیطی؛ بیرونی |
 Pashto: محيطي |
 Portuguese: periférico |
 Romanian: periferic |
 Russian: периферийный |
 Slovak: okrajový |
 Slovenian: obroben |
 Serbian: periferni |
 Swedish: perifer[isk] |
 Thai: เกี่ยวกับขอบนอก |
 Turkish: çevresel |
 Taiwanese: 邊緣的 |
 Ukrainian: периферійний |
 Urdu: خارجي |
 Vietnamese: ngoại vi |
 Chinese: 边缘的 |
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