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# peripheral

adjective (peripheral); noun (a peripheral, peripherals)

«peripheral» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Peripheral means at the edge or outside part of something, not in the middle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/#m1)
2. Peripheral means less important, not the main part. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/#m2)
3. A peripheral is an extra device you connect to a computer, like a mouse, keyboard or printer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science, peripheral vision is what you see at the sides without turning your head; it helps you spot cars when crossing the road. In computing, printers, scanners and headphones are peripherals. Phrases: "peripheral vision", "a peripheral issue".

### Examples

- I saw the ball out of my peripheral vision. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/#x1)
- A mouse is a computer peripheral. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/#x2)
- Cats have good peripheral vision. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/#x3)
- That detail is only peripheral to the story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/#x4)
- Plug the peripherals into the USB ports. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/#x5)
- Hoods can block your peripheral vision on the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/#x6)

### Note

Stress: pe-RIPH-er-al. Noun: periphery (the edge). Spelled with "ph".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «peripheral» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«peripheral» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/peripheral.html) on Mova free.