Hyphenation of Peripheral

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Peripheral? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

Pe-riph-er-al

Definitions of Peripheral:

1.
(computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer
Disk drives and printers are important peripherals
2.
On or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary
The outer area Russia's peripheral provinces Peripheral suburbs
3.
Related to the key issue but not of central importance
A peripheral interest Energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy Peripheral issues

Synonyms of Peripheral:

adj peripheral, circumferential, fringy, marginal, encircling, skirting, off-base
adj incidental, incident
nouncomputer peripheral, peripheral device, electronic equipment

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