Peripheral

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Related to, located in, or constituting an outer boundary or periphery.
  • adj. Perceived or perceiving near the outer edges of the retina: peripheral vision.
  • adj. Anatomy Of the surface or outer part of a body or organ; external.
  • adj. Anatomy Of, relating to, or being part of the peripheral nervous system.
  • adj. Of minor relevance or importance.
  • adj. Auxiliary.
  • n. Computer Science An auxiliary device, such as a printer, modem, or storage system, that works in conjunction with a computer.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. on the periphery or boundary
  • adj. beside the point
  • adj. unimportant
  • adj. auxiliary
  • adj. a part of or located in the peripheral nervous system
  • n. a device, such as a printer or scanner, connected to a computer
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric.
  • adj. External; away from the center.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of, belonging to, or situated on the periphery, circumference, or surface generally; characteristic of or constituting the periphery: as, peripheral parts; peripheral expansion.
  • n. One of the outer bony plates of the carapace of a turtle: commonly termed marginal.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer
  • adj. related to the key issue but not of central importance
  • adj. on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area
    • Equivalent
    incidental    incident    fringy    off-base    circumferential   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    peripheric    external    peripheral device   
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