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`PERIPHERY `,in what context is this word used?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The word generally means ..on the edge of....so it can be used in various contexts...

  • 1 decade ago

    Periphery means the edge. So being on the periphery of a gang means that you aren't a key player, you are on the outer edge of the group. Similary peripheral - means part off but not key.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Periphery: The outermost part of a region within a precise boundary. The region or area immediately beyond a precise boundary.

  • 1 decade ago

    On the periphery of my vision there was a dead hedgehog as I collided with the car in front

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    it means the edge of something, or an extreme.

    as in george galloway, on the periphery of sanity

  • Mavis
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    the edge of something.

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