Periphery or peripheral may refer to:
Music
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Periphery (band), American progressive metal band
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''Periphery'' (album), released in 2010 by Periphery
* "Periphery", a song from Fiona Apple's album ''
The Idler Wheel...''
Gaming and entertainment
*Periphery, a group of political entities in
BattleTech
''BattleTech'' is a wargaming and military science fiction franchise launched by FASA Corporation in 1984, acquired by WizKids in 2001, which was in turn acquired by Topps in 2003; and published since 2007 by Catalyst Game Labs. The tradema ...
, a wargaming franchise
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The Peripheral
''The Peripheral'' is a 2014 science fiction mystery-thriller novel by William Gibson set in near- and post-apocalyptic versions of the future. The story focuses on a young rural-town American woman who lives in the near future, and on a London ...
'', a 2014 novel by William Gibson
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The Peripheral
''The Peripheral'' is a 2014 science fiction mystery-thriller novel by William Gibson set in near- and post-apocalyptic versions of the future. The story focuses on a young rural-town American woman who lives in the near future, and on a London ...
'', a streaming series based on Gibson's novel
Tech and math
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Peripheral, an external device attached to a computer
* Peripheral, an alternate mathematical term for
boundary parallel in manifold theory
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Peripheral cycle
In graph theory, a peripheral cycle (or peripheral circuit) in an undirected graph is, intuitively, a cycle that does not separate any part of the graph from any other part. Peripheral cycles (or, as they were initially called, peripheral polygo ...
, a mathematical term in graph theory
Political
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Periphery countries
In world systems theory, the periphery countries (sometimes referred to as just the periphery) are those that are less developed than the semi-periphery and core countries. These countries usually receive a disproportionately small share of glo ...
, the least developed countries in world systems theory
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Periphery (France), statistical area designating a commuter belt around an urban unit
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Peripheries of Greece
The regions of Greece ( el, περιφέρειες, translit=periféries) are the country's thirteen first-level administrative entities, each comprising several second-level units, originally known as prefectures and, since 2011, as regional u ...
or ''administrative regions of Greece'' (Greek: , '), the country's first-level administrative divisions
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Peripheral units of Greece or ''regional units of Greece'' (Greek: , '), second-level administrative divisions
Biology
* Periphery, all of the
body
Body may refer to:
In science
* Physical body, an object in physics that represents a large amount, has mass or takes up space
* Body (biology), the physical material of an organism
* Body plan, the physical features shared by a group of anima ...
outside of the central nervous system
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Peripherally selective drug Peripherally selective drugs have their primary mechanism of action outside of the central nervous system (CNS), usually because they are excluded from the CNS by the blood–brain barrier. By being excluded from the CNS, drugs may act on the rest o ...
, a drug with a primary mechanism of action outside of the central nervous system
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Peripheral nervous system
The peripheral nervous system (PNS) is one of two components that make up the nervous system of bilateral animals, with the other part being the central nervous system (CNS). The PNS consists of nerves and ganglia, which lie outside the brain ...
, the part of the nervous system outside of the central nervous system
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Peripheral vision
Peripheral vision, or ''indirect vision'', is vision as it occurs outside the point of fixation, i.e. away from the center of gaze or, when viewed at large angles, in (or out of) the "corner of one's eye". The vast majority of the area in th ...
, a part of the vision that occurs on the edges of the field of vision
See also
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Peripheral unit (disambiguation)
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