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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pe•riph•er•y /pəˈrɪfəri/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -er•ies. - the outside boundary or perimeter of a surface or area;
the outer limits (of an aspect of social, cultural, or intellectual life):His radical positions put him on the periphery of American politics. - Anatomythe outside surface of a body.
- the outskirts of a city or urban area.
- the less central parts or aspects of a question or problem.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pe•riph•er•y (pə rif′ə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -er•ies. - the external boundary of any surface or area.
- Anatomythe external surface of a body.
- the edge or outskirts, as of a city or urban area.
- the relatively minor, irrelevant, or superficial aspects of the subject in question:The preliminary research did not, of course, take me beyond the periphery of my problem.
- Anatomythe area in which nerves end.
- Medieval Latin periferīa, variant spelling, spelled of Late Latin peripherīa
- Greek periphéreia circumference, literally, a bearing round, equivalent. to peri- peri- + phér(ein) to bear1 + -eia -y3; replacing Middle English periferie
- Late Latin peripherīa
- 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged circumference, perimeter.
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged center.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: periphery /pəˈrɪfərɪ/ n ( pl -eries)- the outermost boundary of an area
- the outside surface of something
Etymology: 16th Century: from Late Latin peripherīa, from Greek, from peri- + pherein to bear |