peripheral
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer
disk drives and printers are important peripherals
Types & categories
- electronic equipment hypernym
- data input device hyponym
- output device hyponym
- printer hyponym
Parts & wholes
- computer part holonym
Related & opposite
- computing domain topic
Sense 2 adjective
on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area
Russia's peripheral provinces
Related & opposite
- central antonym
- fringe derivation
- circumferential similar to
- fringy similar to
- encirclinga similar to
- off-base similar to
Sense 3 adjective
related to the key issue but not of central importance
a peripheral interest
Related & opposite
- incidental similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | computing |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | computer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | electronic equipment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | data input device |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | output device |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | printer |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | central |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fringe |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | circumferential |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | fringy |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | encirclinga |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | off-base |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | incidental |