Periphery or peripheral may refer to:
Music
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Periphery (band)
Periphery is an American progressive metal band formed in Washington, D.C. in 2005. Their musical style has been described as progressive metal, djent, and progressive metalcore. They are considered one of the pioneers of the djent movement wit ...
, 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 trademark ...
, a wargaming franchise
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The Peripheral'', a 2014 novel by William Gibson
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The Peripheral'', a streaming series based on Gibson's novel
Tech and math
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Peripheral
A peripheral or peripheral device is an auxiliary device used to put information into and get information out of a computer. The term ''peripheral device'' refers to all hardware components that are attached to a computer and are controlled by th ...
, an external device attached to a computer
* Peripheral, an alternate mathematical term for
boundary parallel
In mathematics, a closed ''n''-manifold ''N'' embedded in an (''n'' + 1)-manifold ''M'' is boundary parallel (or ∂-parallel, or peripheral) if there is an isotopy of ''N'' onto a boundary component of ''M''.
An example
Consider the annulus I ...
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, 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 regiona ...
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 outside of the central nervous system
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Peripherally selective drug, 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 a ...
, 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 the ...
, a part of the vision that occurs on the edges of the field of vision
See also
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Peripheral unit (disambiguation) Peripheral unit may refer to:
* Peripheral unit (country subdivision)
* Peripheral
A peripheral or peripheral device is an auxiliary device used to put information into and get information out of a computer. The term ''peripheral device'' refers ...
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