Peripheries
[pə'rɪfəri:z]
Definition
(pl. ) of Periphery
Typed by Ferris
Examples
- A Swiss machine for this purpose consists of two disks carrying diamonds in their peripheries, which, being put in rapid revolution, cut parallel grooves in the face of the stone. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The same principle, that of using discs with figures on their peripheries, is employed in present-day calculating machines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The paddle, or vanes, as he called them, were placed at the stern, between two wheels, which were turned by ropes passing over their peripheries. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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