Grep  of  noun  peripheral 
  computer  peripheral 
  peripheral 
  peripheral  device 
  peripheral  nervous  system 
  peripheral  vision 
 
  Overview  of  noun  peripheral 
 
  The  noun  peripheral  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  peripheral,  computer  peripheral,  peripheral  device  --  ((computer  science)  electronic  equipment  connected  by  cable  to  the  CPU  of  a  computer;  "disk  drives  and  printers  are  important  peripherals") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  peripheral 
 
  The  adj  peripheral  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  peripheral  --  (on  or  near  an  edge  or  constituting  an  outer  boundary;  the  outer  area;  "Russia's  peripheral  provinces";  "peripheral  suburbs") 
  2.  (1)  peripheral  --  (related  to  the  key  issue  but  not  of  central  importance;  "a  peripheral  interest";  "energy  is  far  from  a  peripheral  issue  in  the  economy";  "peripheral  issues") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  peripheral 
 
  2  senses  of  peripheral 
 
  Sense  1 
  peripheral  (vs.  central) 
 
  central  (vs.  peripheral) 
  =>  amidship 
  =>  bicentric 
  =>  center(postnominal),  halfway,  middle(postnominal),  midway 
  =>  centric,  centrical 
  =>  focal 
  =>  median,  medial 
  =>  middlemost,  midmost 
  =>  nuclear 
  =>  bifocal 
  =>  centered 
 
  Sense  2 
  peripheral 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  incidental)  ->  basic 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  peripheral 
 
  2  senses  of  peripheral 
 
  Sense  1 
  peripheral  (vs.  central) 
  =>  circumferential 
  =>  edge(postnominal),  fringe(postnominal),  fringy,  marginal 
  =>  encircling(postnominal),  skirting(postnominal) 
  =>  off-base 
 
  Sense  2 
  peripheral 
  =>  incidental  (vs.  basic),  incident 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  peripheral 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  peripheral 
 
  peripheral  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  peripheral 
  peripheral 
 
  Overview  of  noun  peripheral 
 
  The  noun  peripheral  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  peripheral,  computer  peripheral,  peripheral  device  --  ((computer  science)  electronic  equipment  connected  by  cable  to  the  CPU  of  a  computer;  "disk  drives  and  printers  are  important  peripherals") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  peripheral 
 
  The  adj  peripheral  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  peripheral  --  (on  or  near  an  edge  or  constituting  an  outer  boundary;  the  outer  area;  "Russia's  peripheral  provinces";  "peripheral  suburbs") 
  2.  (1)  peripheral  --  (related  to  the  key  issue  but  not  of  central  importance;  "a  peripheral  interest";  "energy  is  far  from  a  peripheral  issue  in  the  economy";  "peripheral  issues") 

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