periphery
noun
[ pəˈrɪf(ə)ri ]
• the outer limits or edge of an area or object.
• "new buildings on the periphery of the hospital site"
Similar:
edge,
outer edge,
margin,
fringe,
boundary,
border,
perimeter,
circumference,
rim,
verge,
borderline,
outskirts,
outer limits/regions/reaches,
bounds,
bourn,
marge,
skirt,
ambit,
Origin:
late 16th century (denoting a line that forms the boundary of something): via late Latin from Greek periphereia ‘circumference’, from peripherēs ‘revolving around’, from peri- ‘around’ + pherein ‘to bear’.
