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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 | ||
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