1. Adjective
Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric.
2. Adjective
External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system.
3. Adjective
on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area; "Russia's peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs"
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