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adjective

outer; being on the outer side: the exterior surface; exterior decorations.

intended or suitable for outdoor use: exterior paint.

situated or being outside; pertaining to or connected with what is outside: the exterior territories of a country.

noun

the outer surface or part; outside.

outward form or appearance: She has a placid exterior, but inside she is tormented.

Mathematics. the collection of points not contained in the closure of a given set.

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Origin:
1525–35; < Latin, comparative of exter or exterus on the outside, outward. See ex-¹

Related forms

ex·te·ri·or·ly, adverb

Synonyms
1. outward, outside, external, superficial. 3. outlying, extraneous, foreign; extrinsic. 4. face. 5. mien, aspect.

Antonyms
1, 4. interior.

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exterior (ɪkˈstɪərɪə)

—n
1.	a part, surface, or region that is on the outside
2.	the observable outward behaviour or appearance of a person
3.	a film or scene shot outside a studio

—*adj*
4.	of, situated on, or suitable for the outside: exterior cleaning
5.	coming or acting from without; external: exterior complications
6.	of or involving foreign nations

[C16: from Latin, comparative of exterus on the outside, from ex out of]

ex'teriorly

—*adv*

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exterior

1528, from L. exterior, comp. of exterus "outer," comp. of ex "out of."

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"Prometheus is action. Hamlet is hesitation. In Prometheus the obstacle is exterior; in Hamlet it is interior. In Prometheus the will is securely nailed down by nails of brass and cannot get loose; besides, it has by its side two watchers—Force and Power. In Hamlet the will is more tied down yet; it is bound by previous meditation—the endless chain of the undecided. Try to get out of yourself if you can! What a Gordian knot is our reverie. Slavery from within, that is slavery indeed. Scale this enclosure, "to dream!" escape, if you can, from this prison, "to love!" The only dungeon is that which walls conscience in. Prometheus, in order to be free, has but a bronze collar to break and a god to conquer; Hamlet must break and conquer himself. Prometheus can raise himself upright, if he only lifts a mountain; to raise himself up, Hamlet must lift his own thoughts. If Prometheus plucks the vulture from his breast, all is said; Hamlet must tear Hamlet from his breast. Prometheus and Hamlet are two naked livers; from one runs blood, from the other doubt."

-Victor Hugo

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