English to English
peripheral
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adjective (a)
- on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area(adj.all)Example:
Russia's peripheral provinces.
Peripheral suburbs.
source: wordnet30 - Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer(noun.artifact)Example:
Disk drives and printers are important peripherals.
source: wordnet30
adjective satellite (s)
- related to the key issue but not of central importance(adj.all)Example:
A peripheral interest.
Energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy.
Peripheral issues.
source: wordnet30
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