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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pe•riph•er•al /pəˈrɪfərəl/USA pronunciation adj. - of or relating to the periphery:the peripheral boundaries.
- concerned with less central aspects of a problem or situation:questions peripheral to the main issue.
- Computing of or relating to a computer peripheral:[before a noun]buying peripheral devices.
n. [countable] - Computinga device, as a keyboard, printer, or tape drive, that is outside a computer but connected to it.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pe•riph•er•al (pə rif′ər əl),USA pronunciation adj. - pertaining to, situated in, or constituting the periphery:peripheral resistance on the outskirts of the battle area.
- concerned with relatively minor, irrelevant, or superficial aspects of the subject in question.
- Anatomynear the surface or outside of;
external. - Computingof or pertaining to a peripheral.
n. - Computinga device or unit that operates separately from the CPU but is connected to it, as a magnetic disk or tape unit or a printer.
Also, peripheric (for defs. 1–3). - Greek peripher(é̄s) (see periphery) + -al1
- 1800–10; 1965–70 for def. 4;
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: peripheral /pəˈrɪfərəl/ adj - not relating to the most important part of something; incidental, minor, or superficial
- of, relating to, or of the nature of a periphery
- of, relating to, or situated near the surface of the body: a peripheral nerve
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