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peripheral |
Grep of noun peripheral computer peripheral peripheral peripheral device peripheral nervous system peripheral vision Overview of noun peripheral The noun peripheral has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. peripheral, computer peripheral, peripheral device -- ((computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals") Overview of adj peripheral The adj peripheral has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) peripheral -- (on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area; "Russia's peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs") 2. (1) peripheral -- (related to the key issue but not of central importance; "a peripheral interest"; "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy"; "peripheral issues") Antonyms of adj peripheral 2 senses of peripheral Sense 1 peripheral (vs. central) central (vs. peripheral) => amidship => bicentric => center(postnominal), halfway, middle(postnominal), midway => centric, centrical => focal => median, medial => middlemost, midmost => nuclear => bifocal => centered Sense 2 peripheral INDIRECT (VIA incidental) -> basic Similarity of adj peripheral 2 senses of peripheral Sense 1 peripheral (vs. central) => circumferential => edge(postnominal), fringe(postnominal), fringy, marginal => encircling(postnominal), skirting(postnominal) => off-base Sense 2 peripheral => incidental (vs. basic), incident Attributes of adj peripheral Familiarity of adj peripheral peripheral used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj peripheral peripheral Overview of noun peripheral The noun peripheral has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. peripheral, computer peripheral, peripheral device -- ((computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals") Overview of adj peripheral The adj peripheral has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) peripheral -- (on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area; "Russia's peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs") 2. (1) peripheral -- (related to the key issue but not of central importance; "a peripheral interest"; "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy"; "peripheral issues")
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