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What is the noun for peripheral?

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periphery
  1. The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
  2. A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided in provinces.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Lights both overhead and around the periphery make the courtyard magical at night.”
      “The floral meristems are formed acropetally and are initiated on the periphery of the inflorescence meristem, being protected by bracts.”
      “Summer dwellings seem to have been tents weighted down by stones around the periphery.”
peripheral
  1. (computing) a device, such as a printer or scanner, connected to a computer
  2. peripheral vision
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  4. Examples:
    1. “If you're still using one of these as a peripheral to your laptop, you need a USB-to-serial converter.”
peripheralization
peripheralisation
  1. (British spelling) Alternative form of peripheralization
peripherality
  1. The quality of being peripheral.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The Task Force, in its first year, has targeted areas within the county that have been traditionally marginalized and have suffered because of their peripherality.”
      “In this regard it would go some way towards making it a more attractive proposition for inward investment and would help to reduce the peripherality of the region.”
      “I have said on many occasions that peripherality is a state of mind.”
peripheralizations
  1. plural of peripheralization
peripherals
  1. plural of peripheral
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Sales of computer peripherals steadily grew in 1999 as PC sales shot up, and experts predict a continued growth this year.”
      “This window provides manual control of the telescope and any attached peripherals, such as a filter wheel or dome control.”
      “By selling off substantial peripherals, he hopes to be able to leave the Bute estate to his children, rather than inheritance tax and death duty.”
peripheries
  1. plural of periphery
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The emphatic verticals of sheet metal piling mark out the eastern and northern peripheries of the car park.”
      “Most columns were closely spaced around one or more closed peripheries, and beams were made proportionately deeper.”
      “The emphatic verticals of piling mark out the eastern and northern peripheries of the car park.”
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