Literary notes about peripheral (AI summary)
The term "peripheral" is employed to demarcate that which is not central but remains essential to the overall structure or function. In scientific and medical contexts, it characterizes outer regions—such as layers of cells in developmental biology [1, 2] or the network of nerves that lie away from the central nervous system yet are crucial for sensory input [3, 4, 5]. In other fields, it designates the marginal or boundary areas, whether referring to geographic limits [6] or components in technology and computing systems [7, 8]. Even in discussions of perception and cognition, "peripheral" underscores aspects that, although not the primary focus, substantially influence the system's performance—demonstrating its broad utility in highlighting a distinctive relationship between centrality and marginality [9, 10, 11].
- They are thus carried into the interior of the ovum; and there divide into a central vitelline mass—the hypoblast—and a peripheral mesoblastic layer.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 2 (of 4) A Treatise on Comparative Embryology: Invertebrata by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour - 115 — Round germinative area of the rabbit, divided into the central light area ( area pellucida ) and the peripheral dark area ( area opaca ).
— from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll - We come now to one of the most powerful sources of peripheral irritation tending to set up neuralgia; viz., functional abuse of the eye.
— from Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Francis Edmund Anstie - There are also longitudinal bands which blend to form the connectives, and send bundles into the peripheral nerves.
— from The Structure and Life-history of the Cockroach (Periplaneta orientalis) An Introduction to the Study of Insects by L. C. (Louis Compton) Miall - The symptoms then are mainly those of peripheral neuritis with blindness.
— from Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson - The peripheral hills on the southeast and south were held by several tribes.
— from The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Sherburne Friend Cook - c. Efficient subroutines should be provided for operation of any special peripheral device purchased from the computer manufacturer.
— from On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969 by National Research Council (U.S.). Ad Hoc Panel on On-line Computers in Nuclear Research - Only one of each peripheral controller may be attached to a PDP-15 system.
— from Digital PDP15 Price List, April, 1970 by Digital Equipment Corporation - Most of the rods are in the peripheral parts of the retina, becoming less numerous toward the center.
— from Psychology: an elementary text-book by Hermann Ebbinghaus - The peripheral parts of the retina are equated with the central by receiving the image of the same object.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 2 (of 2) by William James - Women in general train their peripheral visual attention more than men.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James
