English-Thai Dictionary

periphery

N เส้นรอบวง  ambit perimeter sen-rob-wong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERIPHERY

n.[Gr. around, and to bear. ] The circumference of a circle, ellipsis, or other regular curvilinear figure.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERIPHERY

Pe *riph "er *y, n.; pl. Peripheries. Etym: [L. peripheria, Gr. périphérie.]

 

1. The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface.

 

2. (Geom.)

 

Defn: The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

periphery

pe riph er y |pəˈrifərē pəˈrɪf (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. peripheries ) the outer limits or edge of an area or object: new buildings on the periphery of the hospital site. • a marginal or secondary position in, or part or aspect of, a group, subject, or sphere of activity: a shift in power from the center to the periphery. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting a line that forms the boundary of something ): via late Latin from Greek periphereia ‘circumference, ’ from peripherēs ‘revolving around, ’ from peri- ‘around ’ + pherein ‘to bear. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

periphery

periphery |pəˈrɪf (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. peripheries ) the outer limits or edge of an area or object: new buildings on the periphery of the hospital site. • a marginal or secondary position in, or aspect of, a group, subject, or sphere of activity: a shift in power from the centre to the periphery. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting a line that forms the boundary of something ): via late Latin from Greek periphereia ‘circumference ’, from peripherēs ‘revolving around ’, from peri- ‘around ’ + pherein ‘to bear ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

periphery

periphery noun rambling estates on the periphery of the city: edge, outer edge, margin, fringe, boundary, border, perimeter, rim, verge, borderline; outskirts, outer limits /reaches, bounds; literary bourn, marge. ANTONYMS center.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

periphery

periphery noun rambling estates on the periphery of the city: edge, outer edge, margin, fringe, boundary, border, perimeter, circumference, rim, verge, borderline; outskirts, outer limits /regions /reaches, bounds; literary bourn, marge, skirt; rare ambit. ANTONYMS centre, middle, heart.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

periphery

pe riph er y /pərɪ́f (ə )ri /名詞 複 -ies C 〖通例単数形で 〗1 周囲 ; 外周 ; 周辺部 .2 〖the ～〗(政治団体などの )非主流派, 傍系 .3 〘解剖 〙末梢 (部 ).4 〘コンピュ 〙周辺機器 .