peripheral
/pəˈɹɪf(ə)ɹ(ə)l/
peripheral adjective: on the periphery or boundary.
Adjective
peripheral (comparative more peripheral, superlative most peripheral)
- On the periphery or boundary.
- Beside the point.
- Unimportant.
- Auxiliary.
- Related to or located in the peripheral nervous system.
- We have isolated the gene encoding the Schwann cell glycoprotein P0, the major structural protein of the peripheral myelin sheath.1988 March 1, “Isolation and analysis of the gene encoding peripheral myelin protein zero”, in Neuron, →DOI, page 73
Noun
peripheral (plural peripherals)
- A peripheral device.
- Check your peripheral's manual for the information you'll need.1984, Human Connection, Making MS-DOS & PC-DOS work for you
- Check your peripheral's owners' manual to see at what speed your peripheral transmits or receives information, and then record this on the DIP Switch Information chart in the column at the left.1986, Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
- Peripheral vision.
- We hailed a cab. The moment we got in, she stared at me with how-can-a-man-be-so-cruel eyes. I felt her glare, saw some of its fiery glow in my peripheral. The heat made me glance her way.2000, Eric Jerome Dicke, Milk in My Coffee
- Peripheral on the package
Don't care to settle in
Time to feed the monster
I don't need another friend
Comfort is a mystery
Crawling out of my own skin
Just give me what I came for
Then I'm out the door again2003, “The Package”, in Maynard James Keenan (lyrics), Thirteenth Step (Hard Rock; Alternative Metal), performed by A Perfect Circle, United States: Virgin Records, →OCLC, Track 1
peripheral meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
peripheral in Tamil
- ஓரஞ்சார்ந்த, மேற்பரப்பு, ஓர, புற, சுற்றயலான, நேர்குடல் நரம்பு
peripheral in Bengali
- সীমান্তবর্তী, প্রান্তস্থ
peripheral in Malayalam
- outer, outlying, on the edge
- പ്രാന്തപ്രദേശത്തുള്ള, അകലെ കിടക്കുന്ന, ദൂരെയുള്ള, വിദൂരമായ, അകലെയുള്ള, വളരെ അകലെയുള്ള
- incidental, secondary, subsidiary
- അപ്രധാനമായ, ഉപ, സഹായകം, ആനുഷംഗികമായ, പ്രാസംഗികമായ, സ്പർശരേഖീയം
peripheral in Kannada
- ಅಮುಖ್ಯ, ಅಪ್ರಧಾನ, ಗೌಣ, ಬಾಹ್ಯ, ಹೊರಮೈಯಿನ, ಅಂಚಿನ
More languagesFewer languages
- peripheral in Indonesian
- perifer
Examples of peripheral in a sentence
- Turn on the Mac, and check your peripheral.1994, Steve Birchall, Upgrading and repairing Macs:
- He would hear the coach's admonition, "Always check your peripheral," after the ringing stopped in his ears.2003, Kim Louise, The Glory of Love:
- As I sat by the window and read, I caught sight of the mailman in my peripheral.2013, Saye Z. B. Zonen, Finding My Frequency:
Synonyms of peripheral
Forms of peripheral
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more peripheral |
| superlative | most peripheral |
| Noun | |
| plural | peripherals |
Origin of peripheral
From peripher(y) + -al.
Words formed from peripheral
- centroperipheral
- entoperipheral
- epiperipheral
- midperipheral
- nonperipheral
- peripheral artery disease
- peripheral brain
- peripheral bus
- peripheralise
- peripheralize
- peripheralism
- peripheralist
- peripherality
- peripherally
- peripheral membrane protein
- peripheral nervous system
- peripheralness
- peripheral neuropathy
- peripheral oxygen saturation
- peripheral vision
- peripherin
- peripherome
- semiperipheral
- spondyloperipheral
- subperipheral
- supraperipheral
- transperipheral
- ultraperipheral
Phrases with peripheral
Questions about peripheral
- What does peripheral mean?
- Peripheral means on the periphery or boundary.
- What is peripheral in Tamil?
- Peripheral in Tamil is ஓரஞ்சார்ந்த, மேற்பரப்பு, ஓர. See Peripheral meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use peripheral in a sentence?
- Turn on the Mac, and check your peripheral.
- What part of speech is peripheral?
- Peripheral can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce peripheral?
- Peripheral is pronounced /pəˈɹɪf(ə)ɹ(ə)l/.
Words near peripheral in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: peripheral (page history and authors); peripheral (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); peripheral (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); peripheral (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); peripheral (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-us-peripheral.ogg.
Cite this entry: “peripheral.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/peripheral. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.