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external

[ik-stur-nl]

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adjective

of or pertaining to the outside or outer part; outer: an external surface.

Medicine/Medical. to be applied to the outside of a body, as a remedy: for external use only.

situated or being outside something; acting or coming from without: external influences.

pertaining to the outward or visible appearance or show: external acts of worship.

pertaining to or concerned with foreign countries: external affairs; external commerce.

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Zoology, Anatomy. on the side farthest from the body, the median line, or the center of a radially symmetrical form.

Metaphysics. of or pertaining to the world of things, considered as independent of the perceiving mind: external world.

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noun

the outside; outer surface; exterior.

something that is external.

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externals, external features, circumstances, etc.; outward appearance; superficialities.

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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English; see extern, -al¹

Related forms

ex·ter·nal·ly, adverb

non·ex·ter·nal, adjective, noun

non·ex·ter·nal·ly, adverb

qua·si-ex·ter·nal, adjective

qua·si-ex·ter·nal·ly, adverb

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sem·i·ex·ter·nal, adjective

sem·i·ex·ter·nal·ly, adverb

sub·ex·ter·nal, adjective

sub·ex·ter·nal·ly, adverb

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Can be confused: extraneous, external, extrinsic, internal, intrinsic.

Synonyms
1. outermost, exterior.

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Example Sentences

Drive makers are pushing a new generation of external storage disks that connect to a home network.

Your research plan should also list those external funding sources to which you would make proposals to sustain your research.

To protect a helicopter in this way would require a multiplicity of specialised external airbags.

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Drive makers are pushing a new generation of external storage disks that connect to a home network.

Your research plan should also list those external funding sources to which you would make proposals to sustain your research.

To protect a helicopter in this way would require a multiplicity of specialised external airbags.

Tarantulas periodically shed their external skeletons in a process called molting.

Will is caused by internal stimuli of the brain and body or external stimuli of the outside world.

There are those, however, who still maintain that an external blast was to blame.

The glare from external light sources onto a screen is heck on a photographer's eyes, especially when shooting outside.

Storage is cheap nowadays, but external hard drives still command a premium over their internal counterparts.

We had a recent selloff triggered by all sorts of external uncertainties.

Pursuing external funding for individual and departmental research and teaching objectives is expected.

If external finance is not available, it must run down its reserves.

The space shuttle's external fuel tank had collapsed, releasing all its liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants.

And therefore necessitates an external divine cause beyond nature.

It takes an external application to examine the operation of the computer.

Current iterations of the nano and shuffle have no external speaker, but the larger iPod touch does have one.

External funding for ongoing research includes support from state, federal and industry sources.

Changing course certainly worked as far as restoring external balance was concerned.

Mudpuppies are easily distinguishable by their bushy, red external gills, which they grow as larva and never lose.

Any war waged by a pathocratic nation has two fronts, the internal and the external.

Great whites and other sharks lack external ears, but that doesn't mean their world is silent.

The tablet's screen will turn into a tiny external display for your desktop or laptop.

External audiences certainly motivate students to do their best work.

As a result, external imbalances are growing, with rapidly increasing indebtedness.

But an external source for the magnetism-such as a blast from the solar wind-could not be ruled out.

Autonomous cars also need external sensors, which include perhaps dozens of lasers, radars and cameras.

As a backup for disasters, when you can't recharge even an external li-ion battery, this could be worth it.

Adding external speakers allows pedestrians to hear the noise too.

These people boast perfect pitch, the ability to recognize individual sound frequencies without any external reference.

Perhaps some of us lack in production, and seek external sources.

Many apps will only show a blank external screen until a movie is played or a slideshow started.

We also find that less educated workers generally receive the largest external benefits.

Riots and protest are nothing more than the expression of a firm no to things from an external source that threaten us.

If your computer does not have a built-in webcam, you can use an external webcam.

Swadeshi avoids economic dependence on external market forces that could make the village community vulnerable.

Like any medium, the reader has to decide on the trustworthyness of the information based on external facts.

Facebook appears to be building its own payment system for virtual goods purchased on its social network and on external sites.

The built-in condenser mics are excellent, and using the external microphone jack resulted in clean, clear sound.

The new publish tool also allows you to export images to folders on your desktop or an external drive.

The board chose the external hire, much to the surprise of the campus community.

Defences against external attacks may not be much use against insiders.

The external tank is actually the backbone of the whole shuttle system.

Researchers point to external causes of--and fixes for--the obesity pandemic.

At the second defense the external attacked the methodology and the way it was applied.

Its ability to insulate itself from external shocks stems partly.

Links to external sites that you see embedded in content were originally provided as a convenience to our.

Alpha waves normally surge as the mind shuts out the external world and spins internal thoughts.

Plus, it has a cool feature to hook it up to an external display.

By definition, external fetal monitoring is done through the skin and is not meant to be invasive.

And the weak and hesitant external reviews led the college to question the department's unwavering support for his promotion.

They can be areas joining people in common causes where they can become areas for conflict, both internal and external.

Because a fridge-size external air compressor powers the actuators, locomotion was sacrificed.

For instance, some suggested that coloration was directly caused by external factors such as climate, light or diet.

Depending on the direction of the external magnetic field there can also be intermediate stages.

Now the library has contracted this out to some external vendor.

She's exploring the external power sources that propel the perpetual motion of oceans.

Stress has a direct impact on someone's external and internal system and its behavior.

For more senior levels, an established track record of external funding is expected.

It will take years to judge the effectiveness of the external action service.

They are dynamic, living, vital cultures that are being driven out of existence by identifiable external forces.

It can alert us to harmful external agents, but can become unbearable if not treated.

If you want to crank the tunes, though, an external setup is a must.

The absence of such scholars from public-policy discussions may be the result of external as well as internal causes.

They can be lined up on the ground or stacked up with an external staircase connecting them.

The scans were carried out when the volunteers were resting and exposed to no external stimuli.

To an external observer, it is incinerated at the event horizon.

The two accidents were from the external rockets and the fuel tank replacements that were down designed to save money.

Other research into bionic neurons has experimented with external power supplies.

Extension faculty members are expected to successfully seek external funding to help support their programs.

Germany's external surplus reflects chronically weak domestic demand as much as external strength.

It has a nice big pair of external nostrils," he said.

The trouble with cities is that they require external support.

Your second option is to go with the portable digital recorder, but add an external mic.

Countries hold foreign-exchange reserves partly to protect themselves against external crises.

External approval doesn't crank your noodle, because you don't really believe it.

The effect of gravitation locally contracts the external energy of spacetime, imparting increased velocity to matter.

If, for example, you backed up your data on an external hard drive and your.

The candidates will be encouraged to seek external funding to further support research activities.

Only a few examples have flown faster when boosted with external jet thrust.

People who can sleep through loud noises have more short bursts of fast brain waves, which may block the external sounds.

One solution is to see if your department will match a small external grant.

External conditions determine which behaviours enable individuals to survive in those conditions.

There is even an external flash included in the box.

Perhaps a letter from an external will be a good route to go if you want your dissertation highlighted.

Application of external energy would be partially opposed and absorbed by this physical external field.

Alpha waves increase when one tunes out the external world.

Recently many people have started to build external combustion engines which are far more efficient than internal combustion ones.

The synchronous projection of atoms themselves defines external linear space with respect to their spherical inner space.

Most present day biologists accept that external conditions have major effects on species.

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World English Dictionary

external (ɪkˈstɜːn^əl)

—*adj*
1.	of, situated on, or suitable for the outside; outer
2.	coming or acting from without: external evidence from an independent source
3.	of or involving foreign nations; foreign
4.	of, relating to, or designating a medicine that is applied to the outside of the body
5.	anatomy situated on or near the outside of the body: the external ear
6.	education denoting assessment by examiners who are not employed at the candidate's place of study
7.	(Austral), (NZ) (of a student) studying a university subject extramurally
8.	philosophy (of objects, etc) taken to exist independently of a perceiving mind

—n
9.	(often plural) an external circumstance or aspect, esp one that is superficial or inessential
10.	(Austral), (NZ) a student taking an extramural subject

[C15: from Latin externus outward, from exterus on the outside, from ex out of]

ex'ternally

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

external

1530s (as extern), from L. externus "outside, outward," from exterus (see exterior). This version won out over exterial. Related: Externality; externalize.

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Medical Dictionary

external ex·ter·nal (ĭk-stûr'nəl)
adj.
Abbr. ext.
Relating to, connected with, or existing on the outside; exterior.

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