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Peripheral

adjective

On or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area. "Peripheral suburbs"

Related to the key issue but not of central importance. "Energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy" , "Peripheral issues"

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"Peripheral" Quotes from Famous Books

... 1/2 in pump and a 3-ft lift The efficiency of a windmill, measured by the number of square feet of annular sail area, decreases with the size of the mill, the 8 ft, 10 ft, and l2 ft mills being the most efficient sizes. When the diameter exceeds l2 ft, the efficiency rapidly falls off, because the peripheral velocity remains constant for any particular velocity or pressure of the wind, and as every foot increase in the diameter of the wheel makes an increase of over 3 ft in the length of the circumference, the greater the diameter the less the number of revolutions ...

— The Sewerage of Sea Coast Towns • Henry C. Adams

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