2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Periphery \Pe*riph"er*y\, n.; pl {Peripheries}. [L. peripheria,
Gr ?; ? around + ? to bear, carry: cf F. p['e]riph['e]rie.]
1. The outside or superficial portions of a body; the
surface.
2. (Geom.) The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other
figure.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
periphery
n : the outside boundary or surface of something [syn: {fringe},
{outer boundary}]
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Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
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