peripheral

«peripheral» in Mova's school dictionary: at the edge or outside part of something, not in the middle — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (peripheral); noun (a peripheral, peripherals)

meaning for a pupil

1) Peripheral means at the edge or outside part of something, not in the middle. tree →

2) Peripheral means less important, not the main part. tree →

3) A peripheral is an extra device you connect to a computer, like a mouse, keyboard or printer. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, peripheral vision is what you see at the sides without turning your head; it helps you spot cars when crossing the road. In computing, printers, scanners and headphones are peripherals. Phrases: "peripheral vision", "a peripheral issue".

examples

• I saw the ball out of my peripheral vision. tree →
• A mouse is a computer peripheral. tree →
• Cats have good peripheral vision. tree →
• That detail is only peripheral to the story. tree →
• Plug the peripherals into the USB ports. tree →
• Hoods can block your peripheral vision on the road. tree →

note

Stress: pe-RIPH-er-al. Noun: periphery (the edge). Spelled with "ph".

In the corpora

• Side vision (peripheral vision) is good at spotting movement but poor at seeing detail.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «peripheral» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.