Definitions for peripheral



Overview of noun peripheral

The noun peripheral has 1 senses? (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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