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eripheral, peeripheeral, periferal, periipheral, periphera, peripheraal, peripherall, periphheral, perripherral, pperippheral
Peripheral — synonyms, peripheral antonyms, definition
1. peripheral (a)
15 synonyms
dispensable encircling exterior extrinsic foreign marginal minimal minor nonessential outlying passable superficial surrounding unessential unnecessary
2. peripheral (Adjective)
1 antonym
central
2 definitions
peripheral (Adjective) — On or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area.
ex. "Russia's peripheral provinces" ex. "peripheral suburbs"
peripheral (Adjective) — Related to the key issue but not of central importance.
ex. "a peripheral interest" ex. "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy" ex. "peripheral issues"
3. peripheral (Noun)
2 synonyms
computer peripheral peripheral device
1 definition
peripheral (Noun) — (computing) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer.
ex. "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"
1 type of
electronic equipment
4 types
data input device input device output device printer
6 parts of
computer computing device computing machine data processor electronic computer information processing system