"peripheral" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /pəˈɹɪf(ə)ɹ(ə)l/, /pəˈɹɪfi.əl/ Audio: En-us-peripheral.ogg [US] Forms: more peripheral [comparative], most peripheral [superlative]
Etymology: From peripher(y) + -al. Etymology templates: {{af|en|periphery|-al|alt1=peripher(y)}} peripher(y) + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} peripheral (comparative more peripheral, superlative most peripheral)
  1. On the periphery or boundary. Translations (on the periphery or boundary): 边缘的 (Chinese Mandarin), perifeer (Dutch), ääri- (Finnish), reuna- (Finnish), périphérique (French), periférico [masculine] (Galician), პერიფერიული (ṗeriperiuli) (Georgian), umliegend (German), peripher (German), περιφερειακός (perifereiakós) [masculine] (Greek), περιφερικός (periferikós) [masculine] (Greek), periferiális (Hungarian), periferikus (Hungarian), perifer (Indonesian), periferico (Italian), mōwaho (Maori), perifer (Norwegian Bokmål), perifer (Norwegian Nynorsk), periférico (Portuguese), periferic [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), перифери́йный (periferíjnyj) (Russian), окружно́й (okružnój) (Russian), iomallach (Scottish Gaelic), periférico (Spanish), perifer (Swedish), yttre (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-peripheral-en-adj-Su-MWd1F Disambiguation of 'on the periphery or boundary': 93 5 0 1 1
  2. Beside the point. Translations (beside the point): 周边的 (Chinese Mandarin), toisarvoinen (Finnish), დამატებითი (damaṭebiti) (Georgian), περιφερειακός (perifereiakós) [masculine] (Greek), periferiális (Hungarian), periferikus (Hungarian), perifer (Norwegian), periférico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-peripheral-en-adj-R7~cW6eZ Disambiguation of 'beside the point': 4 83 10 1 0
  3. Unimportant. Translations (unimportant): 次要的 (cìyào de) (Chinese Mandarin), toisarvoinen (Finnish), périphérique (French), მეორეხარისხოვანი (meorexarisxovani) (Georgian), επουσιώδης (epousiódis) [masculine] (Greek), periferiális (Hungarian), periferikus (Hungarian), secondario (Italian), perifer (Norwegian), secundário (Portuguese), secundar [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), neimportant [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), второстепе́нный (vtorostepénnyj) (Russian), подсо́бный (podsóbnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-peripheral-en-adj-2JtjLwtE Disambiguation of 'unimportant': 0 9 81 1 9
  4. Auxiliary. Translations (auxiliary): lisä- (Finnish), oheis- (Finnish), დამხმარე (damxmare) (Georgian), περιφερειακός (perifereiakós) [masculine] (Greek), ausiliario (Italian), perifer (Norwegian), auxiliar [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), вспомога́тельный (vspomogátelʹnyj) (Russian), periférico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-peripheral-en-adj-AtxuEfaw Disambiguation of 'auxiliary': 1 1 1 96 2
  5. (neuroanatomy) Related to or located in the peripheral nervous system. Categories (topical): Neuroanatomy
    Sense id: en-peripheral-en-adj-XIobWk3A Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: peripheral brain, peripheralise, peripheralize, peripherally, peripheral membrane protein, peripheral nervous system, peripheral oxygen saturation, peripheral vision Related terms: periphery

Noun [English]

IPA: /pəˈɹɪf(ə)ɹ(ə)l/, /pəˈɹɪfi.əl/ Audio: En-us-peripheral.ogg [US] Forms: peripherals [plural]
Etymology: From peripher(y) + -al. Etymology templates: {{af|en|periphery|-al|alt1=peripher(y)}} peripher(y) + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} peripheral (plural peripherals)
  1. (computing) A peripheral device. Categories (topical): Computing, Computer hardware
    Sense id: en-peripheral-en-noun-rmZB0ZS2 Disambiguation of Computer hardware: 1 0 2 1 4 86 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 0 13 1 12 48 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 2 11 2 15 48 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 4 0 12 1 18 44 21 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. Peripheral vision.
    Sense id: en-peripheral-en-noun-pPpJ~rCW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: peripheral device

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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