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PERIPHERY

\pəɹˈɪfəɹi], \pəɹˈɪfəɹi], \p_ə_ɹ_ˈɪ_f_ə_ɹ_i]\

Definitions of PERIPHERY

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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the outside boundary or surface of something

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

the outside boundary or surface of something

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or similar figure; the outside of a body.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

The part of a body away from the center, the outer part or surface.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

The circumference.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Perimeter; circumference of a circle; surface.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

The circumference of a circle, ellipsis, or other regular curvilineal figure.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

The boundary outline of a surface or part.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

An outward part or surface.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

n. [Greek] The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other regular curvilinear figure.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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