pe·riph·er·y
[puh-rif-uh-ree]–noun, plural -er·ies.
1. the external boundary of any surface or area.
2. the external surface of a body.
3. the edge or outskirts, as of a city or urban area.
4. the relatively minor, irrelevant, or superficial aspects of the subject in question: The preliminary research did not, of course, take me beyond the periphery of my problem.
5. Anatomy . the area in which nerves end.
Origin:
1350–1400; < Late Latin peripherīa < Greek periphéreia circumference, literally, a bearing round, equivalent to peri- peri- + phér ( ein ) to bear1 + -eia -y3 ; replacing Middle English periferie < Medieval Latin periferīa, variant spelling of Late Latin peripherīa
1350–1400; < Late Latin peripherīa < Greek periphéreia circumference, literally, a bearing round, equivalent to peri- peri- + phér ( ein ) to bear1 + -eia -y3 ; replacing Middle English periferie < Medieval Latin periferīa, variant spelling of Late Latin peripherīa
—Synonyms 1. circumference, perimeter.
—Antonyms 1, 2. center.
n]
vi·sion
[vizh-uh
n] –noun
2. the act or power of anticipating that which will or may come to be: prophetic vision; the vision of an entrepreneur.
3. an experience in which a personage, thing, or event appears vividly or credibly to the mind, although not actually present, often under the influence of a divine or other agency: a heavenly messenger appearing in a vision. Compare hallucination ( def. 1 ) .
4. something seen or otherwise perceived during such an experience: The vision revealed its message.
5. a vivid, imaginative conception or anticipation: visions of wealth and glory.
6. something seen; an object of sight.
–verb (used with object)
