periphery
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English periferie, from Old French peripherie, from Late Latin peripheria, from Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (periphéreia, “the line around the circle, circumference, part of a circle, an arc, the outer surface”), from περιφερής (peripherḗs, “moving around, round, circular”), from περιφέρω (periphérō, “I carry around, move around”), from περί (perí, “around, about, near”) (English peri-) + φέρω (phérō, “I bear, carry”).
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Noun[edit]
periphery (plural peripheries)
- The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
- The suburbs are a city's periphery.
- A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided into provinces.
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Translations[edit]
outside boundary, parts or surface
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Greek administrative region
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Further reading[edit]
- “periphery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “periphery”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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