"periphery" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pəˈɹɪfəɹi/ Audio: en-us-periphery.ogg Forms: peripheries [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περί (perí) Ancient Greek περῐ- (peri-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Ancient Greek περιφέρω (periphérō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek περιφερής (peripherḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ια (-ia) Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (periphéreia)bor. Latin peripheriabor. Middle French peripheriebor. English periphery Borrowed from Middle French peripherie. Compare Middle English periferie (“one of three layers of atmosphere (lower, middle, and upper) believed to surround the Earth”), from the same origin, although the Modern English term most likely does not descend from it. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|bor|frm>peripherie>periphery|id=boundary|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περί (perí) Ancient Greek περῐ- (peri-) Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Ancient Greek περιφέρω (periphérō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek περιφερής (peripherḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ια (-ia) Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (periphéreia)bor. Latin peripheriabor. Middle French peripheriebor. English periphery, {{bor+|en|frm|peripherie}} Borrowed from Middle French peripherie, {{m+|enm|periferie|t=one of three layers of atmosphere (lower, middle, and upper) believed to surround the Earth}} Middle English periferie (“one of three layers of atmosphere (lower, middle, and upper) believed to surround the Earth”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} periphery (plural peripheries)
  1. The outside boundary, parts or surface of something. Translations (outside boundary, parts or surface): περιφέρεια (periphéreia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ծայրամաս (cayramas) (Armenian), ucqar (Azerbaijani), перыферы́я (pjeryfjerýja) [feminine] (Belarusian), периферия (periferija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), perifèria [feminine] (Catalan), 周邊 (Chinese Mandarin), 周边 (zhōubiān) (Chinese Mandarin), 外圍 (Chinese Mandarin), 外围 (wàiwéi) (Chinese Mandarin), okraj [masculine] (Czech), periferi (Danish), udkant (Danish), periferie [feminine] (Dutch), buitenkant [masculine] (Dutch), syrjäseutu (Finnish), périphérie [feminine] (French), პერიფერია (ṗeriperia) (Georgian), Peripherie [feminine] (German), περιφέρεια (periféreia) [feminine] (Greek), periféria (Hungarian), periferia [feminine] (Italian), 周辺 (shūhen) (alt: しゅうへん) (Japanese), چوره (çevre) (Ottoman Turkish), obrzeże [neuter] (Polish), kraniec [masculine] (Polish), skraj [masculine] (Polish), peryferie [feminine, plural] (Polish), kresy [masculine, plural] (Polish), pogranicze [neuter] (Polish), periferia [feminine] (Portuguese), periferie [feminine] (Romanian), перифери́я (periferíja) [feminine] (Russian), окра́ина (okráina) [feminine] (Russian), iomall [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), rob [masculine] (Slovene), periferia [feminine] (Spanish), çevre (Turkish), dolay (Turkish), etraf (Turkish), civar (Turkish), periferi (Turkish), перифері́я (peryferíja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-periphery-en-noun-I-RXf035 Disambiguation of 'outside boundary, parts or surface': 92 3 5
  2. A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided into provinces. Categories (place): Greece Translations (Greek administrative region): perifèria [feminine] (Catalan), περιφέρεια (periféreia) [feminine] (Greek), periferia [feminine] (Portuguese), перифери́я (periferíja) [feminine] (Russian), obrobje [neuter] (Slovene), periferi (Turkish), перифері́я (peryferíja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-periphery-en-noun-cIlpYzSU Disambiguation of Greece: 0 100 0 Disambiguation of 'Greek administrative region': 27 45 28
  3. (grammar, linguistics) The more anomalous and infrequent aspects of a language, as opposed to the frequent and regular core aspects. Categories (topical): Grammar, Linguistics
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: peripherad, peripheral, left periphery

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2015 January 8, “Spatiotemporal Patterns of Tumor Occurrence in Children with Intraocular Retinoblastoma”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:",
          "text": "Tumor location was concentrated in the macula and superonasal periphery in patients 13.2 months.",
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          "ref": "2018, Balázs Áron Kovács, Peace Infrastructures and State-Building at the Margins, Springer, →ISBN, page 280:",
          "text": "The phrase 'Imperial Manila' is used throughout the archipelago to denote the capital-heavy decision-making and the imposition of the will and culture of the political and economic centre on the peripheries.",
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          "alt": "しゅうへん",
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          "sense": "outside boundary, parts or surface",
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          "word": "چوره"
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          "roman": "okráina",
          "sense": "outside boundary, parts or surface",
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          "word": "окра́ина"
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          "sense": "outside boundary, parts or surface",
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          "sense": "outside boundary, parts or surface",
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          "_dis1": "92 3 5",
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          "word": "periferia"
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          "sense": "outside boundary, parts or surface",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "outside boundary, parts or surface",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "outside boundary, parts or surface",
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        {
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          "lang": "Turkish",
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          "roman": "peryferíja",
          "sense": "outside boundary, parts or surface",
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          "roman": "periferíja",
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          "word": "перифери́я"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "перифері́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Greek administrative region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perifèria"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "periféreia",
      "sense": "Greek administrative region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "περιφέρεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Greek administrative region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "periferia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "periferíja",
      "sense": "Greek administrative region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "перифери́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Greek administrative region",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "obrobje"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Greek administrative region",
      "word": "periferi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "peryferíja",
      "sense": "Greek administrative region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "перифері́я"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "periphery"
  ],
  "word": "periphery"
}

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