periphery
noun/pəˈrɪfəri/
/pəˈrɪfəri/
[usually singular] (plural peripheries)
(formal)- 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.
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- 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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