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adjective
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of or pertaining to the outside or outer part; outer: an external surface.
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situated or being outside something; acting or coming from without: external influences.
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pertaining to the outward or visible appearance or show: external acts of worship.
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EXPANDpertaining 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.
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COLLAPSEMetaphysics. of or pertaining to the world of things, considered as independent of the perceiving mind: external world.
noun
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the outside; outer surface; exterior.
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something that is external.
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externals, external features, circumstances, etc.; outward appearance; superficialities.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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
EXPANDsem·i·ex·ter·nal, adjective
sem·i·ex·ter·nal·ly, adverb
sub·ex·ter·nal, adjective
sub·ex·ter·nal·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. outermost, exterior.
1. outermost, exterior.
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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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external ex·ter·nal (ĭk-stûr'nəl)
adj.
Abbr. ext.
Relating to, connected with, or existing on the outside; exterior.
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