Periphery
[pə'rɪf(ə)rɪ] or [pə'rɪfəri]
Definition
(n.) The outside or superficial portions of a body; the surface.
(n.) The circumference of a circle, ellipse, or other figure.
Typist: Meg
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Circumference.
Typist: Remington
Definition
n. (geom.) the circumference of a circle or of any closed figure: the outside of anything generally.—adjs. Periph′eral Peripher′ic -al.
Inputed by Edna
Examples
- The females and young squatted in a thin line at the outer periphery of the circle, while just in front of them ranged the adult males. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Instead of the two small contact wheels, however, a projecting arm carried an iron pin or stylus, so arranged that its point would normally impinge upon the periphery of the drum. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The judges were seated in a great circle about the periphery of the circular platform. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- In its primitive state the sun resembled the nebul?, which are to be observed through the telescope, with fiery centers and cloudy periphery. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The outer rolls _d e_ are pressed against the inner ones _a c_ by a system of weighted levers, and scrapers below remove the crushed grain from the periphery of the rolls. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The other surface consisted of a small pad which rested with frictional pressure on the periphery of the drum. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The disk has radial slits around its periphery, and is held with its figured face before a looking glass. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Generally speaking, this consists of a motor-driven cylinder having metallic pins placed at intervals, and arranged spirally, around its periphery. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- 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.
Editor: Louise