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out⋅er

  [ou-ter]
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–adjective
1. situated on or toward the outside; external; exterior: outer garments; an outer wall.
2. situated farther out or farther from the center: the outer reaches of space.
3. of or pertaining to the external world.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see out, -er 4

Related forms:
out⋅er⋅ness, noun
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out·er   (ou'tər)   
adj.  
  1. Located on the outside; external.
  2. Farther than another from the center or middle.
  3. Relating to the body or its appearance rather than the mind or spirit.
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Outer

Out"er\ (out"[~e]r), a. [Compar. of Out.] [AS. [=u]tor, compar. of [=u]t, adv., out. See Out, Utter, a.] Being on the outside; external; farthest or farther from the interior, from a given station, or from any space or position regarded as a center or starting place; -- opposed to inner; as, the outer wall; the outer court or gate; the outer stump in cricket; the outer world.

Outer bar, in England, the body of junior (or utter) barristers; -- so called because in court they occupy a place beyond the space reserved for Queen's counsel.

Outer

Out"er\, n. (a) The part of a target which is beyond the circles surrounding the bull's-eye. (b) A shot which strikes the outer of a target.

Outer

Out"er\, n. [From Out, v.] One who puts out, ousts, or expels; also, an ouster; dispossession. [R.]
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Language Translation for : outer
Spanish: exterior, externo,
German: Außen-…,
Japanese: 外側の
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outer 
c.1386, comparative of out (on analogy of inner), replacing by 18c. forms descended from O.E. uttera (comp. of O.E. ut "out") which developed into utter and was no longer felt as connected with out. Outer space first attested 1901 in writings of H.G. Wells.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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