Periphery (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural pe·riph·er·ies.
  1. the external boundary of any surface or area.
  2. the external surface of a body.
  3. the edge or outskirts, as of a city or urban area.
  4. 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.
  5. the area in which nerves end.
noun plural -eries
  1. the outermost boundary of an area
  2. the outside surface of something
  3. the surface or outermost part of the body or one of its organs or parts
Periphery (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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