Usually means: Related to the outer edge.
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We found 48 dictionaries that define the word peripheral:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. peripheral: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. peripheral: Merriam-Webster
  3. peripheral: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. peripheral: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. peripheral: Collins English Dictionary
  6. peripheral: Vocabulary.com
  7. Peripheral, peripheral: Wordnik
  8. peripheral: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. peripheral: Wiktionary
  10. peripheral: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. peripheral: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. peripheral: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. peripheral: Dictionary.com
  14. peripheral: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Peripheral, The Peripheral (TV series), The Peripheral: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Peripheral: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. peripheral: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. peripheral: Rhymezone
  19. peripheral: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. peripheral: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. peripheral: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. peripheral: FreeDictionary.org
  23. peripheral: Webster's 1828 Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Peripheral (disambiguation), peripheral: Legal dictionary

Computing (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. peripheral: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. peripheral: Netlingo
  3. Peripheral, peripheral: CCI Computer
  4. Peripheral (disambiguation), peripheral: Encyclopedia
  5. Peripheral: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary

Medicine (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. peripheral: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Peripheral: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. peripheral: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  5. Peripheral: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  7. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  8. Peripheral (disambiguation), peripheral: Medical dictionary
  9. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  10. Peripheral: Drug Medical Dictionary
  11. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  12. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. peripheral: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. peripheral: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
  3. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

(Note: See peripherally as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  On the periphery or boundary.
adjective:  Beside the point.
adjective:  Unimportant.
adjective:  Auxiliary.
adjective:  (neuroanatomy) Related to or located in the peripheral nervous system.
noun:  (computing) A peripheral device.
noun:  Peripheral vision.

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