Initialism vs Peripheral - What's the difference?
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A term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
on the periphery or boundary
beside the point
unimportant
auxiliary
(neuroanatomy) a part of or located in the peripheral nervous system
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(computing) a device, such as a printer or scanner, connected to a computer
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* 2014 , Bill Ladson, "Zimmerman handles left field with ease -- and no E's" on MLB.com
As nouns the difference between initialism and peripheral
is that initialism is a term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter while peripheral is (computing) a device, such as a printer or scanner, connected to a computer.As an adjective peripheral is
on the periphery or boundary.initialism
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Noun
(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)- BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.
See also
* abbreviation * acronym * orphan initialism * TLA *peripheral
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(wikipedia peripheral)Adjective
(en adjective)citation
Derived terms
* peripherally * peripheral vision * peripheral nervous systemNoun
(en noun)- I was kind of looking at the ball, keeping him in my peripheral and all of sudden I see him closing in on the ball.