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peripheral

/pɚˈɪfɚəl/

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What does peripheral mean?

adjective

  1. On the periphery or boundary.
  2. Beside the point.
  3. Unimportant.
More meanings (4)

adjective

  1. Auxiliary.
  2. Related to or located in the peripheral nervous system.

noun

  1. A peripheral device.
  2. Peripheral vision.

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/pɚˈɪfɚəl/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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/pɚˈɪfɹəl/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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The peripheral edges are sewn to a slender strip of rattan bent to form a circle, the two ends overlapping.
Charles Hose; William McDougallThe Pagan Tribes of Borneo A Description of Their Physical Moral and Intellectual Condition, with Some Discussion of Their Ethnic RelationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3307
Modern neurology soon discovered that these paralyses were quite unlike those seen when there is "real" injury to the brain, spinal cord or the peripheral nerves.
Abraham MyersonThe Foundations of PersonalityProject Gutenberg ebook #1575
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Aubert examines older studies of the matter and concludes that this disappearance or confusion of an object is peripheral, but that fixation of a small object is always difficult.
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320
At night the pupil dilates more than in the day-time, and hence vision with the extramacular or peripheral portions of the retina is correspondingly better.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747