periphery

periphery

The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.

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English

Etymology

< Middle English periferie < Old French peripherie < Late Latin peripheria < Ancient Greek περιφέρεια (periphereia, “the line around the circle, circumference, part of a circle, an arc, the outer surface”) < περιφερής (peripherēs, “moving around, round, circular”) < περιφέρω (peripherō, “I carry around, move around”) < περί (peri) + φέρω (pherō, “I bear, carry”).

Noun

periphery (plural peripheries)

1. The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
¶ The suburbs are a city's periphery

2. A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided in provinces.