Hypertext Webster Gateway: "peripheral"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peripheral \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
peripheral
adj 1: on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the
outer area; "Russia's peripheral provinces";
"peripheral suburbs" [ant: {central}]
2: 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"
n : (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable
to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are
important peripherals" [syn: {computer peripheral}, {peripheral
device}]
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