PERIPHERY Definition & Meaning

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periphery

[ puh-rif-uh-ree ]

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noun

plural peripheries.

the external boundary of any surface or area.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
the external surface of a body.
Antonyms:
the edge or outskirts, as of a city or urban area.
the relatively minor, irrelevant, or superficial aspects of the subject in question:
The preliminary research did not, of course, take me beyond the periphery of my problem.
Anatomy. the area in which nerves end.

periphery

/ ��əˈ��ɪ��ə��ɪ /

noun

the outermost boundary of an area
the outside surface of something
anatomy the surface or outermost part of the body or one of its organs or parts

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of periphery¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; from Late Latin ��ī��, from Greek ��é��𾱲� “circumference,” literally, “a bearing round,” from peri- peri- + ��é��(�𾱲�) “to bear” + -eia -y ³; replacing Middle English periferie, from Medieval Latin ��ڱ��ī��, variant spelling of Late Latin ��ī��

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of periphery¹

C16: from Late Latin ��ī��, from Greek, from peri- + pherein to bear

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"Vietnam... and others in the periphery are collateral damage in what is shaping up to be the most aggressive realignment of US trade policy in a generation," he added.

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But the brothers face years of legal battles which may well push them, and their still lucrative brand, further to the periphery of the far larger dramas now reshaping our world.

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It shows a massive difference between what some economists would call the "core countries" in the north and the periphery.

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From that moment on she was always hanging around the periphery of Trump World in one way or another.

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I only looked at them in the periphery.

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