Periphery 206320 222907328 2008-07-01T18:11:25Z Hoof Hearted 684386 +wiktionary, subdivided, [[WP:MoSDAB]]: one link per line, prefer link first, use sentence fragments, do not pipe links except for title formatting, keep descriptions brief, eh..not my best cleanup... {{wiktionary|periphery}} Generally, a '''periphery''' is a boundary or outer part of any space or body. ===In biology=== * [[Peripheral nervous system]], distinct from the central nervous system * [[Peripheral membrane protein]], proteins that temporarily adhere to the biological membrane with which they are associated * [[Peripheral vision]], part of visual perception that occurs near the edges of the field of view ===In national divisions=== * [[Periphery countries]] includes nations that are not core countries - capitalist or industrialized nations * [[Peripheries of Greece]], the 13 subnational subdivisions of that country, equivalent to regions * The [[suburbs]] of a town or city ===In fiction=== * [[Periphery (BattleTech)|Periphery (''BattleTech'')]], the region of interstellar space in the fictional universe of ''BattleTech'' * The Periphery, that part of the Empire that lies on the very edge of the Milky Way Galaxy in Issac Asimov's [[Foundation series|''Foundation'' series]] ===In other uses=== * [[Peripheral]], a device added to a host computer in order to expand its abilities * [[Boundary parallel]], a property of a mathematical submanifolds {{disambig}} [[de:Peripherie]] [[es:Periferia]] [[fr:Périphérique]] [[ja:周辺]] [[ru:Кольцевая (значения)]] [[simple:Peripheral (disambiguation)]]