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Misspelling

eripheral, peeripheeral, periferal, periipheral, periphera, peripheraal, peripherall, periphheral, perripherral, pperippheral

Peripheral — synonyms, peripheral antonyms, definition

1. peripheral (a)

15 synonyms

dispensable encircling exterior extrinsic foreign marginal minimal minor nonessential outlying passable superficial surrounding unessential unnecessary

2. peripheral (Adjective)

1 antonym

central

2 definitions

peripheral (Adjective) — On or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area. ex. "Russia's peripheral provinces" ex. "peripheral suburbs"

peripheral (Adjective) — Related to the key issue but not of central importance. ex. "a peripheral interest" ex. "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy" ex. "peripheral issues"

3. peripheral (Noun)

2 synonyms

computer peripheral peripheral device

1 definition

peripheral (Noun) — (computing) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer. ex. "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"

1 type of

electronic equipment

4 types

data input device input device output device printer

6 parts of

computer computing device computing machine data processor electronic computer information processing system