PERIPHERY

Generally, a 'periphery' is a boundary or outer part of any space or body. It is derived from the Greek word περιφέρεια, meaning a circumference or outer surface.

★ In biology, the 'periphery' of the body is the part that is away from the central or core regions.

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★ For example, the peripheral nervous system is distinct from the central nervous system.

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★ See also peripheral membrane protein.

★ Peripheral vision is that part of visual perception that occurs in the 'periphery', i.e., near the edges, of the field of view.

★ A computer peripheral is added to a host computer in order to expand its abilities.

★ For peripheral submanifolds in mathematics, see boundary parallel.

★ 'The Periphery' includes nations that are not core countries - capitalist or industrialized nations. See Immanuel Wallerstein, Third World.

★ The 13 peripheries of Greece are subnational subdivisions of that country, equivalent to regions.

★ In BattleTech game, the Periphery is the region filled with less developed space colonies, most distant from Earth.

★ In Issac Asimov's Foundation Series, the Periphery is that part of the Empire that lies on the very edge of the Milky Way Galaxy. The Foundation, located on the planet Terminus lies in the Periphery, in the ancient imperial provence of Anacreon.

★ 'Periphery' - progressive metal band from Bethesda, MD.

★ Periphery also refers to the boundary of a town or city, also known as outskirts or suburbs ; it also refers to what is not mainstream or central.