periphery

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === enPR: pə-rĭf′ə-rē, IPA(key): /pəˈɹɪf.ə.ɹi/ Rhymes: -ɪfəɹi Hyphenation US: pe‧riph‧ery; UK: per‧iph‧ery === Noun === periphery (plural peripheries) The outside boundary, parts or surface of something. A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided into provinces. (grammar, linguistics) The more anomalous and infrequent aspects of a language, as opposed to the frequent and regular core aspects. ==== Antonyms ==== center ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== peripherad peripheral ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “periphery”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “periphery, n.”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes IV (P–Simulant), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 4401, column 3. “periphery, n.”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC, retrieved 21 November 2008. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “periphery, n.”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, pages 4401 (v.5), 970 (v.12), column 3.