That part of an organ on the outside, away from the centre
Wallerstein's term for poor countries, far from the centre of international trade
outer part or a surface of the body; part away from the center
This is something that is on the edge. It therefore is used to refer to countries that are located far from the center of the world's economic activity.
on the edge or extra to the central idea or exterior to the main machine She was old, poor and on the periphery of society. peripheral (adj), peripherally (adv)
the outside boundary or surface of something
an external boundary, the outside edge of something
The edges of an awareness cluster, things and feelings that a human has a notion of but can not see clearly. This is not part of full awareness, not fixed in a pattern, and not accessible to off-set awareness, and yet still there in the cluster and having an influence on it.
Entire outside edge of an object or surface.
the outer areas on the front and back of a coin.
The periphery is the outermost part or region within a precise boundary.
An outside surface. An outer boundary.