periphery

Meaning

Noun

• The outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
• A first-rank administrative division of Greece, subdivided in provinces.

Related

Opposite words

• center

Origin

• From Middle English periferie, from Old French peripherie, from Late Latin peripheria, from Ancient Greek περιφέρεια ("the line around the circle, circumference, part of a circle, an arc, the outer surface"), from περιφερής, from περιφέρω, from περί (English peri-) + φέρω.