periphery
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< Middle English periferie < Old French peripherie < Late Latin peripheria < Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (perifereia), “‘the line around the circle, circumference, part of a circle, an arc, the outer surface’”) < περιφερής (periferēs), “‘moving around, round, circular’”) < περιφέρω (periferō), “‘I carry around, move around’”) < περί (peri) + φέρω (pherō), “‘I bear, carry’”).
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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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outside boundary, parts or surface
Greek administrative region
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[edit] External links
- periphery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- periphery in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
