Meaning of periptery | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The region surrounding a moving body, such as the wing of a bird or a gliding aeroplane, within which cyclic or vortical motion of the air occurs.
2. A building surrounded by a wing or row of columns.

Examples

“F. W. (Frederick William) Lanchester, "Aerial Flight - Volume 1", Chapter IV, p.139 Wing Form and Motion in the Periptery”

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