'Peripheral' definitions:
Definition of 'peripheral'
(from WordNet)
adjective
On or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area; "Russia's peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs" [ant: central]
adjective
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"
noun
(computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals" [syn: peripheral, computer peripheral, peripheral device]
Definition of 'Peripheral'
From: GCIDE
- Peripheral \Pe*riph"er*al\, a.
- 1. Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Anat.) External; away from the center; on or near the surface; as, the peripheral portion of the nervous system. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Pertaining to minor, unimportant, superficial, or irrelevant aspects of the matter in question; as, peripheral isssues are dealt with in the appendix. [PJC] Peripheric
Synonyms of 'peripheral'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambient,
- apparent,
- beside the point,
- circling,
- circumambient,
- circumferential,
- circumflex,
- circumfluent,
- circumfluous,
- circumjacent,
- cortical,
- delineatory,
- embracing,
- encircling,
- enclosing,
- encompassing,
- enfolding,
- enveloping,
- environing,
- epidermic,
- exomorphic,
- exterior,
- external,
- extrinsic,
- fringe,
- in outline,
- incidental,
- inessential,
- irrelevant,
- minor,
- neighboring,
- open,
- out,
- outer,
- outermost,
- outlined,
- outlying,
- outmost,
- outside,
- outstanding,
- outward,
- outward-facing,
- perimetric,
- public,
- roundabout,
- secondary,
- seeming,
- suburban,
- superficial,
- surface,
- surrounding,
- tangential,
- unessential,
- unimportant,
- unnecessary,
- wrapping