periphery
[noun]
Synonyms: circumference, ambit, circuit, compass, perimeter, border, brim, brink, edge, fringe, hem, margin, skirt, verge

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pe‧riph‧e‧ry /pəˈrɪfəri/ noun (plural peripheries) formal
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Old French; Origin: periferie, from Late Latin, from Greek, from peripherein 'to carry around']

1. [countable usually singular] the edge of an area
periphery of
the periphery of the crowd
on/at the periphery
a residential area on the periphery of the city ⇒ outskirts

2. on/at the periphery (of something) a person or thing that is on the periphery of something is not one of the main people or things involved in it:
extremists on the periphery of the animal rights movement
Homeopathy is on the periphery of medical practice.

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