periphery

From Middle English periferie, from Old French peripherie, from Late Latin peripheria, from Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (periphéreia, “the line around the circle, circumference, part of a circle, an arc, the outer surface”), from περιφερής (peripherḗs, “moving around, round, circular”), from περιφέρω (periphérō, “I carry around, move around”), from περί (perí, “around, about, near”) (English peri-) + φέρω (phérō, “I bear, carry”).

• IPA^(key): /pəˈɹɪfəɹi/

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• Hyphenation US: pe‧riph‧ery; UK: per‧iph‧ery

periphery (plural peripheries)

1. The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.

   The suburbs are a city's periphery.

2. A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided in provinces.

• center

• peripherad
• peripheral

• periphery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• periphery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.