PERIPHERY


Meaning of PERIPHERY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pərɪfəri ]

( peripheries)

1.

If something is on the periphery of an area, place, or thing, it is on the edge of it. ( FORMAL )

Geographically, the UK is on the periphery of Europe, while Paris is at the heart of the continent...

N-COUNT : usu with poss

2.

The periphery of a subject or area of interest is the part of it that is not considered to be as important or basic as the main part.

The sociological study of religion moved from the centre to the periphery of sociology.

N-COUNT : usu with poss

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