Associations to the word «Peripheral»

PERIPHERAL, adjective. On the periphery or boundary

PERIPHERAL, adjective. Beside the point

PERIPHERAL, adjective. Unimportant

PERIPHERAL, adjective. Auxiliary

PERIPHERAL, adjective. (neuroanatomy) a part of or located in the peripheral nervous system

PERIPHERAL, noun. (computing) a device, such as a printer or scanner, connected to a computer

PERIPHERAL, noun. Peripheral vision

PERIPHERAL BRAIN, noun. (computing) Any hardware (i.e. handheld computer, laptop) containing vast amounts of information, which is in constant flux and is important to the owner but not so important as to be stored in wetware.

PERIPHERAL BRAINS, noun. Plural of peripheral brain

PERIPHERAL DEVICE, noun. A device that is outside the computer's system unit, such as a printer or a scanner.

PERIPHERAL DEVICES, noun. Plural of peripheral device

PERIPHERAL MEMBRANE PROTEIN, noun. (protein) Any of a class of proteins that adhere only temporarily to the biological membrane with which they are associated.

PERIPHERAL MEMBRANE PROTEINS, noun. Plural of peripheral membrane protein

PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, noun. (neuroanatomy) The part of the nervous system which is not the central nervous system.

PERIPHERAL, noun. (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals".

PERIPHERAL, adjective. On or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area; "Russia's peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs".

PERIPHERAL, adjective. Related to the key issue but not of central importance; "a peripheral interest"; "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy"; "peripheral issues".