PERIPHERY
Dictionary entry overview: What does periphery mean? • PERIPHERY (noun)
The noun PERIPHERY has 1 sense:
1. the outside boundary or surface of something
Familiarity information: PERIPHERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PERIPHERY (noun)
Meaning:
The outside boundary or surface of something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
fringe; outer boundary; periphery
Hypernyms ("periphery" is a kind of...):
bound; boundary; edge (a line determining the limits of an area)
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