peripheral
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From peripher-y + -al
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Adjective [edit]
peripheral (comparative more peripheral, superlative most peripheral)
- on the periphery or boundary
- beside the point
- unimportant
- auxiliary
- (neuroanatomy) a part of or located in the peripheral nervous system
- 1988 1 March 1988, “Isolation and analysis of the gene encoding peripheral myelin protein zero”, Neuron, DOI:10.1016/0896-6273(88)90211-5, page 73:
- We have isolated the gene encoding the Schwann cell glycoprotein P0, the major structural protein of the peripheral myelin sheath.
- 1988 1 March 1988, “Isolation and analysis of the gene encoding peripheral myelin protein zero”, Neuron, DOI:10.1016/0896-6273(88)90211-5, page 73:
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Translations [edit]
on the periphery or boundary
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beside the point
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unimportant
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auxiliary
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Noun [edit]
peripheral (plural peripherals)
Synonyms [edit]
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computing device
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External links [edit]
- peripheral in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- peripheral in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911