periphery

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Middle French peripherie.[1] Compare Middle English periferie (one of three layers of atmosphere (lower, middle, and upper) believed to surround the Earth), from the same origin, although the Modern English term most likely does not descend from it.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /pəˈɹɪfəɹi/
    • Audio (US):(file)
    • Hyphenation US: pe‧riph‧ery; UK: per‧iph‧ery

    Noun

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    periphery (plural peripheries)

    1. The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
      The suburbs are a city's periphery.
    2. A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided into provinces.
    3. (grammar, linguistics) The more anomalous and infrequent aspects of a language, as opposed to the frequent and regular core aspects.

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    References

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    1. ^ periphery, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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