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# peripheral

«peripheral» in Mova's school dictionary: **at the edge or outside part of something, not in the middle** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (peripheral); noun (a peripheral, peripherals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Peripheral means at the edge or outside part of something, not in the middle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/#m1)

2) Peripheral means less important, not the main part. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/#m2)

3) A peripheral is an extra device you connect to a computer, like a mouse, keyboard or printer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, peripheral vision is what you see at the sides without turning your head; it helps you spot cars when crossing the road. In computing, printers, scanners and headphones are peripherals. Phrases: "peripheral vision", "a peripheral issue".

### examples

- I saw the ball out of my peripheral vision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/#x1)
- A mouse is a computer peripheral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/#x2)
- Cats have good peripheral vision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/#x3)
- That detail is only peripheral to the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/#x4)
- Plug the peripherals into the USB ports. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/#x5)
- Hoods can block your peripheral vision on the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/#x6)

### note

Stress: pe-RIPH-er-al. Noun: periphery (the edge). Spelled with "ph".

### In the corpora

- [Side vision (peripheral vision) is good at spotting movement but poor at seeing detail.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/11-eyes-up/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «peripheral» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peripheral/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.