Usually means: Related to the outer edge.
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We found 46 dictionaries that define the word peripheral:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. peripheral: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. peripheral: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. peripheral: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. peripheral: Collins English Dictionary
  5. peripheral: Vocabulary.com
  6. Peripheral, peripheral: Wordnik
  7. peripheral: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. peripheral: Wiktionary
  9. peripheral: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. peripheral: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. peripheral: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. peripheral: Dictionary.com
  13. peripheral: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Peripheral, The Peripheral (TV series), The Peripheral: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Peripheral: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. peripheral: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. peripheral: Rhymezone
  18. peripheral: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. peripheral: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. peripheral: Dictionary/thesaurus
  21. peripheral: Free Dictionary
  22. 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 (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Peripheral: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. peripheral: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  4. Peripheral: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  7. Peripheral (disambiguation), peripheral: Medical dictionary
  8. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  9. Peripheral: Drug Medical Dictionary
  10. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  11. 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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