peripheraladjective
uk/pəˈrɪf.ər.əl/us/pəˈrɪf.ɚ.əl/Something that is peripheral is not as important as something else:
The book contains a great deal of peripheral detail.
happening at the edge of something:
A figure came into my peripheral vision.
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Of little or less importance
- be in/under sb's shadow idiom
- be neither here nor there idiom
- be no big deal idiom
- biggie
- derisory
- fringe
- inferior
- lowly
- merely
- minor
- miss
- mouldy
- need
- petty
- poxy
- rinky-dink
- sideshow
- small-time
- stay
- subordinate
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Edges & extremities of objects
peripheralnoun [ C ]
uk/pəˈrɪf.ər.əl/us/pəˈrɪf.ɚ.əl/specializeda piece of equipment, such as a printer, that can be connected to a computer
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Computer hardware
- 3-D printer
- blackberry
- brick
- bubblejet
- codec
- handheld
- joypad
- Macintosh
- micro
- microcomputer
- mouse
- personal organizer
- ram
- storage device
- tablet
- toggle
- trackball
- underscore
- VDT
- word processor
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