Periphery synonyms

pə-rĭf'ə-rē

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boundary (related)
The definition of a boundary is a line or something else that marks a limit or border.
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environs
The districts surrounding a town or city; suburbs or outskirts
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limit
The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
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edge (related)
A margin of superiority; an advantage:
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outside (related)
The utmost limit; the maximum:
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ambit
A circuit, or a boundary around a property.
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brim
A projecting rim or edge, especially around the bottom of a hat.
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circumference
The circumference is defined as the distance around something round or rounded, especially the distance around the edge of a circle.
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edges
Plural form of edge
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rim
Frame
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surface
A portion of space having length and breadth but no thickness.
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center (antonym)
(--- Football) An offensive lineman who snaps the ball to begin a play, usually positioned in the middle of the line.
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heart (antonym)
A conventional two-lobed representation of the heart, usually colored red or pink.
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middle (antonym)
The middle part of the body; waist
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circuit
A journey made on such a path or route.
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compass
An enclosed area
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perimeter
An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision.
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border
An ornamental strip of flowers or shrubs along the edge of a garden, walk, etc.
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borderline
An indefinite area intermediate between two qualities or conditions:
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brink
The bank, esp. when steep, of a river or other body of water
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edging
(Rock climbing) Technique involving the placement of the edge of the climbing shoe on a sharp hold.
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margin
An edge and the area immediately adjacent to it; a border.
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verge
The edge, brink, or margin (of something)
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outer boundary
the outside boundary or surface of something
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outer side (related)
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borderland (related)
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hinterland (related)
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outskirts
Districts remote from the center or midst, as of a city; outlying regions
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Periphery Sentence Examples

  • The largest vessels have ready entrance to the harbour - which has a periphery of 15 m.

  • Walking safaris are possible in the forests on the periphery of the park.

  • calcite reaching from the periphery nearly or quite to the centre of the coral-cup or calicle.

  • Similarly the giant cells are produced at their periphery into a number of branching processes which bear similar end-organs on their surface and in some cases terminate in them.

  • Such a plasmodium bears, on its periphery, groups of rounded projections of protoplasm termed end-organs.

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