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   pe·riph·er·y

   /pəˈrif(ə)rē/

   noun

   • 1. the outer limits or edge of an area or object: "new buildings on the periphery of the hospital site"
   • ▪ a marginal or secondary position in, or part or aspect of, a group, subject, or sphere of activity: "a shift in power from the center to the periphery"

   Word Origin late 16th century (denoting a line that forms the boundary of something): via late Latin from Greek periphereia ‘circumference’, from peripherēs ‘revolving around’, from peri- ‘around’ + pherein ‘to bear’.

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