inside vs perimeter

inside

adj
  • Legally married to or related to (e.g. born in wedlock to), and/or residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. 

  • Toward the batter as it crosses home plate. 

  • At or towards or the left-hand side of the road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right. 

  • Of or pertaining to the inner surface, limit or boundary. 

  • Nearer to the interior or centre of something. 

  • Originating from, arranged by, or being someone inside an organisation. 

adv
  • In or to prison. 

  • Intimately, secretly; without expressing what one is feeling or thinking. 

  • Within or towards the interior of something; within the scope or limits of something (a place), especially a building. 

  • Indoors. 

prep
  • Within the interior of something, closest to the center or to a specific point of reference. 

  • Within a period of time. 

noun
  • The inside scoop; information known only to certain involved people. 

  • The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the shorter arc length; the side of a racetrack nearer the interior of the course or some other point of reference. 

  • The left-hand side of a road if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right. 

  • The interior or inner part. 

  • (in the plural) The interior organs of the body, especially the guts. 

perimeter

noun
  • The outer limits of an area. See synonyms at circumference. 

  • An instrument for determining the extent and shape of the field of vision. 

  • The length of such a boundary. 

  • The sum of the distance of all the lengths of the sides of an object. 

  • A fortified strip or boundary usually protecting a military position. 

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