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Noun
S:
(n)
periphery
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fringe
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outer boundary
(the outside boundary or surface of something)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
boundary
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edge
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bound
(a line determining the limits of an area)
S:
(n)
rim
(the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object)
S:
(n)
margin
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border
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perimeter
(the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary)
S:
(n)
periphery
,
fringe
,
outer boundary
(the outside boundary or surface of something)
S:
(n)
brink
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threshold
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verge
(a region marking a boundary)
S:
(n)
upper bound
((mathematics) a number equal to or greater than any other number in a given set)
domain category
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
lower bound
((mathematics) a number equal to or less than any other number in a given set)
S:
(n)
thalweg
(the middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states)
derivationally related form