peripheral.

1. Located toward the outer boundary of an area or system.

2. Not central to the main concern or activity.

3. A device connected to a computer to provide input, output, or additional functions.

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Words that belong together

• peripheral district
• peripheral vision

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A peripheral district survived beyond the new flood wall.

The movement stayed in her peripheral vision until she turned.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Normally non-gradable in the spatial or relational classification; figurative comparisons require a meaningful context. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.