Synonyms for peripheral
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : puh-rif-er-uh l |
Phonetic Transcription : pəˈrɪf ər əl |
Top 10 synonyms for peripheral
Définition of peripheral
Origin :- 1803, from periphery + -al (1). An earlier formation was peripherial (1670s). Related: Peripherally. As a noun, peripherals, "peripheral devices of a computer," is from 1966.
- adj minor, outside
- Then the peripheral soul will return; and we have our safe, sane citizen again.
- Extract from : « Cabbages and Kings » by O. Henry
- The process is, moreover, confined to peripheral manifestations.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Life of the Child » by Albert Moll
- If the wall of the hollow lens be rather thick, the difference in the shape of the central and peripheral pores is often striking.
- Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
- Spongy disk lenticular, with an irregular, dense framework, in the centre darker than in the peripheral part.
- Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
- With reference to the peripheral nerve-stems there is not much to be said.
- Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 » by Francis Maitland Balfour
- The peripheral system is composed of a ventral and a dorsal vessel.
- Extract from : « Journal of Entomology and Zoology » by Various
- When the peripheral arteries are palpable they are not always sclerosed.
- Extract from : « Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: » by Louis Marshall Warfield
- Even though the peripheral neuron may be suffering to some extent, this is true.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by James J. Walsh
- But beneath these peripheral causes of irritation there lay a deeper offence.
- Extract from : « All Men are Ghosts » by L. P. Jacks
- Rudimentary hallucinations may have either a peripheral or a central origin.
- Extract from : « Illusions » by James Sully
Antonyms for peripheral
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