peripheral

[pe·riph·er·al]

Scanners, printers, and speakers are peripheral devices for a computer because they aren't central to the working of the computer itself. Anything peripheral is on the margin, or outside, while main things, like a computer's processor, are not peripheral.

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Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric.

Noun
(computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"

Adjective
on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area; "Russia''s peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs"

Adjective S.
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"


a.
Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric.

a.
External; away from the center; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system.


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.

Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric.

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Usage Examples

If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He's not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he's really needed.

I was a peripheral visionary. I could see the future, but only way off to the side.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I have this home in New York, I have a long-term relationship with my boyfriend, who's from Australia, and I had this business that I had maintain. Even though I wasn't actively shooting, there's a lot of peripheral work.

Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are all in different ways seeking to drag him out of that peripheral position, back to center stage.

The thing you don't dream about as a kid is all the peripheral stuff that comes with success.

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