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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Peripheries

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[L.

peripheria

, Gr.

περιφέρεια

;

περί

around +

φέρειν

to bear, carry: cf. F.

périphérie

The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface.

(Geom.)

The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure.

Noun.

[Gr. around, and to bear.] The circumference of a circle, ellipsis, or other regular curvilinear figure.