Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A line that forms the boundary of an area; a perimeter.
- noun The outside surface of an object.
- noun The area along a boundary; the margin. synonym: circumference.
- noun An area of secondary status or lesser importance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to a periphery.
- noun In geom., the circumference of a circle; by extension, the boundary-line of any closed figure; the perimeter.
- noun The outside or superficial parts of a body; the surface generally.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface.
- noun (Geom.) The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The outside
boundary , parts orsurface of something. - noun A first-rank administrative
division ofGreece , subdivided in provinces.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the outside boundary or surface of something
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Giving something away and earning money on the periphery is the same idea proffered by Wired editor Chris Anderson in his recent best-selling book, Free: The Future of a Radical Price.
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Giving something away and earning money on the periphery is the same idea proffered by Wired editor Chris Anderson in his recent best-selling book, Free: The Future of a Radical Price.
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As we discuss in the September update to our 2010 Global Economic Outlook, the standout performance of the core and Northern European economies, particularly Germany, alongside renewed weakness in the periphery is giving rise to a multispeed recovery.
Multiple Risks From A Multispeed Eurozone Recovery Elisa Parisi-Capone 2010
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As we discuss in the September update to our 2010 Global Economic Outlook, the standout performance of the core and Northern European economies, particularly Germany, alongside renewed weakness in the periphery is giving rise to a multispeed recovery.
Multiple Risks From A Multispeed Eurozone Recovery Elisa Parisi-Capone 2010
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The point which has fallen from your short periphery is these politicians all make large sums of money.
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The idea that people are just moving out of the core of their cities to the periphery is now too simplistic.
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Blood flow to the periphery is restored soon after, followed by breathing and then skeletal muscle activity.
Archive 2004-09-01 2004
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The villages and small towns - which we call the "periphery" - identify with the south and are alienated from the north.
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As such, the infant mortality rate in the periphery is double that in the country’s center.
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As such, the infant mortality rate in the periphery is double that in the country’s center.
dmcleod0914 commented on the word periphery
"After that, he was in my dreams nearly every night, but always on the periphery, never within reach."- Twilight, Stephanie Meyer, pg. 68
November 8, 2010