peri-

Usage

• peripatetic

  If someone leads a peripatetic life, they travel from place to place, living and working only for a short time in each place before moving on.

• periphery

  The periphery of a place is its boundary or outer edge.

• perigee

  periapsis in Earth orbit

• perihelion

  periapsis in solar orbit

• perimeter

  the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

• period

  an amount of time

• periodic

  happening or recurring at regular intervals

• periodical

  happening or recurring at regular intervals

• peripheral

  on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary

• periphrastic

  roundabout and unnecessarily wordy

• periscope

  an optical instrument that provides a view of an otherwise obstructed field