peripheral

9 definitions • 6 examples

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.

a piece of equipment, such as a printer, that can be connected to a computer

not central or of main importance:

First of all, we had to find out who the thief was – getting the money back was a peripheral issue.

Peripheral vision is what you can see to the sides of what you are looking at.

a piece of equipment, such as a printer, that can be connected to a computer

used to describe something that is not as important as the main thing to which it is related, for example a company's less successful activities in relation to its most successful ones:

Some of the more peripheral interests have been sold and the company now has a clearer focus on certain markets.

used to describe a piece of equipment, such as a printer, that can be connected to a computer:

The system is expected to boost sales of PCs as well as components, applications, and peripheral devices.

a piece of equipment, such as a printer, that can be connected to a computer:

Whether something is a peripheral or part of a computer is not always clear.