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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Peripheral

Pe-rĭph'er-al or Pĕr'i-phĕr'ic or Pĕr'i-phĕr'ic-al, a.

adjective

[Fr. périphérique.] See PERIPHERY.

Sense 1. Pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery.

Sense 2. External; around the outside of an organ, whether the surface or its appendages; as, the peripheral processes or elements of a vertebra.

Pe-rip'ter-al, a.

adjective

a. [See PERIPTERY.] Having a range of columns all around;—said of an edifice.