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periphery Definition


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periphery
noun peripheries
    1. The edge or boundary of something.
      Thesaurus: circumference, border, perimeter, boundary, edge, outskirts, fringe; Antonym: centre.
    2. The external surface of something.
    3. A surrounding region.
Etymology: 16c: from Greek periphereia circumference or surface.



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