GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Peripheral (?), a.
   1. Of or pertaining to a periphery; constituting a periphery; peripheric.
   
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   2. (Anat.) External; away from the center; on or near the surface; as, “the peripheral portion of the nervous system”.
   
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   3. Pertaining to minor, unimportant, superficial, or irrelevant aspects of the matter in question; as, “peripheral isssues are dealt with in the appendix”.
   
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