periphery : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: periphery	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for periphery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
periphery n the outside boundary or surface of something [syn: periphery, fringe, outer boundary]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Periphery \Periph"ery\, n.; pl. {Peripheries}. [L. peripheria, Gr. [?]; [?] around + [?] to bear, carry: cf. F. p[82]riph[82]rie.] 1. The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface. 2. (Geom.) The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure.