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Generally, a periphery is a boundary or outer part of any space or body.
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In biology
- Peripheral nervous system, distinct from the central nervous system
- Peripheral membrane protein, proteins that temporarily adhere to the biological membrane with which they are associated
- Peripheral vision, part of visual perception that occurs near the edges of the field of view
In national divisions
- Periphery countries includes nations that are not core countries - capitalist or industrialized nations
- Peripheries of Greece, the 13 subnational subdivisions of that country, equivalent to regions
- The suburbs of a town or city
In fiction
- Periphery (BattleTech), the region of interstellar space in the fictional universe of BattleTech
- The Periphery, that part of the Empire that lies on the very edge of the Milky Way Galaxy in Issac Asimov's Foundation series
In other uses
- Peripheral, a device added to a host computer in order to expand its abilities
- Boundary parallel, a property of a mathematical submanifolds
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