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- Dictionarype·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"
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The meaning of PERIPHERY is the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve; also : the perimeter of a polygon.
PERIPHERY definition: 1. the outer edge of an area: 2. the less important part of a group or activity: 3. the outer…. Learn more.
Periphery definition: the external boundary of any surface or area.. See examples of PERIPHERY used in a sentence.
the outer edge of an area: Houses have been built on the periphery of the factory site. The beltway runs around the periphery of the city center. the less important part of a group or activity: Many women feel they are being kept on the periphery of the armed forces. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Edges & extremities of objects. apex.
When something is on the periphery of your vision, you can only see it when you’re looking sideways. Periphery means outside the boundary of something. If you’re on the periphery of a group, you’re close to it but not part of it.
noun. /pəˈrɪfəri/ [usually singular] (plural peripheries) (formal) the outer edge of a particular area. on the periphery of something industrial development on the periphery of the town. The condition makes it difficult for patients to see objects at the periphery of their vision.
If something is on the periphery of an area, place, or thing, it is on the edge of it. [formal] Geographically, the U.K. is on the periphery of Europe, while Paris is at the heart of the continent. [ + of] Taste buds are concentrated at the tip and rear of the tongue and around its periphery.
