Meaning of EXTERNAL
Pronunciation: | | ik'sturnl
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- [n] outward features; "he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion"
- [adj] exogenous
- [adj] happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface; "the external auditory canal"; "external pressures"
- [adj] purely outward or superficial; "external composure"; "an external concern for reputation"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.
- [adj] from or between other countries; "external commerce"; "international trade"; "developing nations need outside help"
- [adj] coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups"
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| Synonyms: | | exogenous, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, international, outer, outside, outside(a), outward |
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| Antonyms: | | internal | |
| See Also: | | characteristic, feature | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ex*ter"nal\, a. [L. externus, fr. exter, exterus, on
the outside, outward. See {Exterior}.]
1. Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body;
being without; acting from without; -- opposed to
internal; as, the external form or surface of a body.
Of all external things, . . . She [Fancy] forms
imaginations, aery shapes. --Milton.
2. Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate
from the perceiving mind.
3. Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as
distinguished from mental or moral.
Her virtues graced with external gifts. --Shak.
4. Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying;
superficial.
The external circumstances are greatly different.
--Trench.
5. Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations;
as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of
a state or kingdom.
6. (Anat.) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.
{External angles}. (Geom.) See under {Angle}.
\Ex*ter"nal\, n.
Something external or without; outward part; that which makes
a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; --
usually in the plural.
Adam was then no less glorious in his externals
--South.
God in externals could not place content. --Pope.
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| Related Terms: | | alien, apparent, border, circumference, cortex, cortical, covering, crust, envelope, epidermic, epidermis, exomorphic, exotic, exterior, extraneous, extraorganismal, extrinsic, facade, face, facet, foreign, fringe, front, impersonal, integument, lineaments, nonsubjective, objective, open, out, outer, outer face, outer layer, outer side, outer skin, outermost, outline, outlying, outmost, outside, outstanding, outward, outward-facing, over, perceptible, peripheral, periphery, public, rind, roundabout, seeming, shell, skin, superficial, superficies, superstratum, surface, top, visible |
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