English adjective: peripheral | |||
1. | peripheral on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area | ||
Samples | Russia's peripheral provinces. Peripheral suburbs. | ||
Similar | circumferential, encircling, fringy, marginal, off-base, skirting | ||
Antonyms | central | ||
2. | peripheral related to the key issue but not of central importance | ||
Samples | A peripheral interest. Energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy. Peripheral issues. | ||
Similar | incident, incidental | ||
Antonyms | basic | ||
English noun: peripheral | |||
1. | peripheral (artifact) (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer | ||
Samples | Disk drives and printers are important peripherals. | ||
Synonyms | computer peripheral, peripheral device | ||
Broader (hypernym) | electronic equipment | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | data input device, input device, output device, printer | ||
Part meronym | computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | ||
Domain category | computer science, computing | ||