noun [usuallysing.] (plural peripheries) (formal)
1 the outer edge of a particular area:
industrial development on the periphery of the town * The condition makes it difficult for patients to see objects at the periphery of their vision. * Extensive new planting is taking place around the periphery of the site.
2 the less important part of sth, for example of a particular activity or of a social or political group:
minor parties on the periphery of American politics
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