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 (periphereia, “the line around the circle, circumference, part of a circle, an arc, the outer surface”), from περιφερής (peripherēs, “moving around, round, circular”), from περιφέρω (peripherō, “I carry around, move around”), from περί (peri) + φέρω (pherō, “I bear, carry”).
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 in provinces.
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Translations [edit]
outside boundary, parts or surface
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Greek administrative region
External links [edit]
- periphery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- periphery in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
