About The Word Peripheral

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Peripheral

Peripheral Meaning & Definition
Peripheral Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Peripheral?

[n] (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"
[adj] on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area; "Russia's peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs"
[adj] related to the key issue but not of central importance; "a peripheral interest"; "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy"; "peripheral issues"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Peripheral: circumferential | computer peripheral | edge(a) | encircling(a) | fringe(a) | fringy | incident | incidental | marginal | off-base | peripheral device | skirting(a)

Related Terms | Find terms related to Peripheral: ambient | apparent | beside the point | circling | circumambient | circumferential | circumflex | circumfluent | circumfluous | circumjacent | cortical | delineatory | embracing | encircling | enclosing | encompassing | enfolding | enveloping | environing | epidermic | exomorphic | exterior | external | extrinsic | fringe | in outline | incidental | inessential | irrelevant | minor | neighboring | open | out | outer | outermost | outlined | outlying | outmost | outside | outstanding | outward | outward-facing | perimetric | public | roundabout | secondary | seeming | suburban | superficial | surface | surrounding | tangential | unessential | unimportant | unnecessary | wrapping

See Also | computer | computing device | computing machine | data processor | electronic computer | electronic equipment | information processing system | printer

Peripheral In Webster's Dictionary

\Pe*riph"er*al\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric. 2. (Anat.) External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system.

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