peripheral

English

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Etymology

From peripher-y + -al

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pəˈɹɪf(ə)r(ə)l/, /pəˈɹɪfiəl/

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Adjective

peripheral (comparative more peripheral, superlative most peripheral)

1. on the periphery or boundary
2. beside the point
3. unimportant
4. auxiliary
5. (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.

Derived terms

• peripherally
• peripheral vision
• peripheral nervous system

Related terms

• periphery

Translations

on the periphery or boundary

• Dutch: perifeer (nl)
• Finnish: ääri-, reuna-
• Greek: περιφερειακός (el) (perifereiakós) m, περιφερικός (el) (periferikós) m
• Hungarian: periferiális, periferikus

• Italian: periferico (it)
• Norwegian: perifer
• Romanian: periferic (ro) m and n
• Scottish Gaelic: iomallach (gd)
• Spanish: periférico (es) m

beside the point

• Finnish: toisarvoinen (fi)
• Greek: περιφερειακός (el) (perifereiakós) m
• Hungarian: periferiális, periferikus

• Norwegian: perifer
• Spanish: periférico (es) m

unimportant

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 次要的 (cmn)

• Finnish: toisarvoinen (fi)
• Greek: επουσιώδης (el) (epousiódis) m

• Hungarian: periferiális, periferikus
• Italian: secondario (it)
• Norwegian: perifer
• Romanian: secundar (ro) m and n, neimportant (ro) m and n

auxiliary

• Finnish: lisä-, oheis-
• Greek: περιφερειακός (el) (perifereiakós) m
• Italian: ausiliario (it)

• Norwegian: perifer
• Romanian: auxiliar (ro) m and n
• Spanish: periférico (es) m

Noun

peripheral (plural peripherals)

1. (computing) a device, such as a printer or scanner, connected to a computer

Synonyms

• peripheral device

Translations

computing device

• Finnish: oheislaite (fi)
• Hungarian: periféria (hu)

• Irish: gléas forimeallach (ga) m
• Spanish: periférico (es) m

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Translations to be checked

• Norwegian: periferenhet m

External links

• peripheral in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• peripheral in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911