periphery

noun

/pəˈrɪfəri/

[usually singular]

(plural peripheries)

(formal)

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the outer edge of a particular area
- on the periphery of something industrial development on the periphery of the town
- The condition makes it difficult for patients to see objects at the periphery of their vision.
- Extensive new planting is taking place around the periphery of the site.
the less important part of something, for example of a particular activity or of a social or political group
- on the periphery of something minor parties on the periphery of American politics

Word Originlate 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’.

单词	periphery
释义	periphery noun /pəˈrɪfəri/ /pəˈrɪfəri/ [usually singular] (plural peripheries) (formal) jump to other results the outer edge of a particular area on the periphery of something industrial development on the periphery of the town The condition makes it difficult for patients to see objects at the periphery of their vision. Extensive new planting is taking place around the periphery of the site. the less important part of something, for example of a particular activity or of a social or political group on the periphery of something minor parties on the periphery of American politics Word Originlate 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’.
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