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English adjective: peripheral

1. peripheral on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area


SamplesRussia's peripheral provinces.
Peripheral suburbs.


Similarcircumferential, encircling, fringy, marginal, off-base, skirting


Antonymscentral

2. peripheral related to the key issue but not of central importance


SamplesA peripheral interest.
Energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy.
Peripheral issues.


Similarincident, incidental


Antonymsbasic


English noun: peripheral

1. peripheral (artifact) (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer


SamplesDisk drives and printers are important peripherals.


Synonymscomputer peripheral, peripheral device


Broader (hypernym)electronic equipment


Narrower (hyponym)data input device, input device, output device, printer


Part meronymcomputer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system


Domain categorycomputer science, computing









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