peripheral

  • (a) on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area
    • Russia's peripheral provinces
    • peripheral suburbs
  • (s) related to the key issue but not of central importance
    • a peripheral interest
    • energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy
    • peripheral issues

Nouns

  • (n) (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer
    • disk drives and printers are important peripherals
    computer peripheral, peripheral device,

Synonyms

computer peripheral peripheral device

Antonyms

central

Words of close approximity

periphery
peripheral device peripherally peripheral nervous system peripheral vision