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periphery Definition

pe·riph·ery (pə rif′ə rē)

noun pl. -·er·ies

  1. a boundary line, esp. that of a rounded figure; perimeter
  2. an outside surface, esp. that of a rounded object or body
  3. surrounding space or area; outer parts; environs or outskirts
  4. Anat. the area surrounding a nerve ending

Etymology: MFr peripherie < LL peripheria < Gr periphereia < peripherēs, moving around < peri-, around + pherein, to bear

periphery Synonyms

periphery

n.

outskirts, fringe, perimeter, border; see boundary, edge 1, outside 1. See syn. study at circumference.

periphery Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • settlement: Were they located adjacent to living areas or on the periphery of a settlement?
  • village: There is a variety of industrial development, mainly on the periphery of the village.
  • society: You have nothing to lose but your place on the periphery of society!
  • town: And then there was an address at the periphery of town, on his way home, more or less.
  • city: The village phones are also operational on the periphery of big cities.
  • center: The Arabian Peninsula, home to the Prophet Muhammad, was at the periphery of the centers of learning of Late Antiquity.

Converse of object

  • round: Perhaps you have all sorts of questions round the periphery.
  • occupy: Both examples come from Blue Bridge Lane which is known to occupy the periphery of the precinct of St Andrew's.
  • develop: More info PDCD Science: Developing a periphery driven curriculum development model for science.
  • reach: This reduces the oxygen carrying capacity of hemoglobin and the amount of oxygen reaching the periphery is decreased.
  • drive: More info PDCD Science: Developing a periphery driven curriculum development model for science.

Adjective modifier

  • auditory: Therefore, freqency analysis of the incoming signal takes place at the auditory periphery, within the cochlea.
  • southern: Most of the provision above is within the southern periphery of the City where existing or potential amenity open space is more abundant.
  • eastern: These are planted mainly on the eastern periphery of the Trials Field.
  • northern: From the island kingdom, Finland has always been in Europe's northern periphery.
  • western: By the end of the Seventh Century, the Scots had spread from the western periphery to the center of Caledonia.
  • geographical: But does this mean all the work of artists on the cultural or geographical periphery is doomed to be critically provincial and irrelevant?

Modifies a noun

  • country: Center countries export goods and services worth approximately $ 6000 per capita; for periphery countries this figure is under $ 350.

Noun used with modifier

  • cell: The plus ends of MTs point to the cell periphery.
periphery Quotes

While I have a tongue I'll abuse you, you most inimitable periphery. Look at her, boys! there she standsöa convicted perpendicular in petticoats! There's contamination in her circumference, and she trembles with guilt down to the extremities of her corollaries. Ah! you're found out, you rectilineal antecedent, and equiangular old hag! 'Tis with you the devil will flyaway, you porter-swiping similitude of the bisection of a vortex!

—O'Connell, Daniel known as  the Liberator