peripheral region
collocation in Englishmeaningsofperipheralandregion
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peripheral
adjective
uk/pəˈrɪf.ər.əl/us/pəˈrɪf.ɚ.əl/
Something that is peripheral is not as important as ...
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region
noun[C]
uk/ˈriː.dʒən/us/ˈriː.dʒən/
a particular area or part of the world, or any of the large official areas into which a country ...
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(Definition ofperipheralandregionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Men in theperipheralregionare expected to be less involved in domestic work.
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In theperipheralregion, 0.5 < r/a < 1, m/n = 5/1 double tearing mode grows.
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We used tissue from the central parts and avoided theperipheralregionof the retina.
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Traditional gender roles particularly affected the way in which older women living in aperipheralregionparticipated in productive activities.
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A large number of vesicles is produced in the vegetative cell, and they become predominantly located in theperipheralregionnear the intine.
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The increase in number of cathode spots in the dischargeperipheralregioncan be explained in a rather simple way.
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Since is approximately proportional to the parallel current density, a large resistivity diminishes in theperipheralregion.
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The high rates of non-participation in theperipheralregionare likely to be related to the unusual prevalence of the life-long traditional or 'housewife ' role among today's older women.
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Choroidal and vitreous haemorrhages were observed at theperipheralregionof the retina, and the optic papilla, respectively (fig. 1).
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The centralists regard unemployment and emigration from aperipheralregionas a temporary distortion.
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I hope that it is to try to help thisperipheralregionovercome its problems.
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We know from our own experience what the extra burden of sea transport can mean to aperipheralregion.
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Wales has been regarded as aperipheralregion, and the action that has been taken has not solved the problems.
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No one can deny that good road communications are much more vital in aperipheralregionlike the north than in other regions, particularly the south-east.
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They usually tend to stay close to one another and forage for food together at theperipheralregionof the group.
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The central area of the disc is avascular and lacks innervation, and, in contrast, theperipheralregionhas both blood vessels and nerves.
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Internal to thisperipheralregionis the gray, butterfly-shaped central region made up of nerve cell bodies.
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Growth cones are highly dynamic in nature and contain a dynamic actin cytoskeleton in theirperipheralregionundergoing a constant retrograde flow.
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Microtubules can rapidly polymerize into and thus probe the actin-richperipheralregionof the growth cone.
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