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external
[ ik-stur-nl ]
adjective
- of or relating to the outside or outer part; outer:
an external surface.
Antonyms: internal
- 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.
Antonyms: internal
- pertaining to the outward or visible appearance or show:
external acts of worship.
- pertaining to or concerned with foreign countries:
external affairs;
external commerce.
- Zoology, Anatomy. on the side farthest from the body, the median line, or the center of a radially symmetrical form.
- Metaphysics. of or relating to the world of things, considered as independent of the perceiving mind:
external world.
noun
- the outside; outer surface; exterior.
- something that is external.
- externals, external features, circumstances, etc.; outward appearance; superficialities.
external
/ ɪkˈstɜːnəl /
adjective
- of, situated on, or suitable for the outside; outer
- coming or acting from without
external evidence from an independent source
- of or involving foreign nations; foreign
- of, relating to, or designating a medicine that is applied to the outside of the body
- anatomy situated on or near the outside of the body
the external ear
- education denoting assessment by examiners who are not employed at the candidate's place of study
- (of a student) studying a university subject extramurally
- philosophy (of objects, etc) taken to exist independently of a perceiving mind
noun
- often plural an external circumstance or aspect, esp one that is superficial or inessential
- a student taking an extramural subject
Derived Forms
- exˈternally, adverb
Other Words From
- ex·ternal·ly adverb
- nonex·ternal adjective noun
- nonex·ternal·ly adverb
- quasi-ex·ternal adjective
- quasi-ex·ternal·ly adverb
- semi·ex·ternal adjective
- semi·ex·ternal·ly adverb
- subex·ternal adjective
- subex·ternal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of external1
Example Sentences
Our cleansing products are specifically formulated at an appropriate pH level for the external vulvar area.
Some could lead to external headsets that may tell the difference between hunger and boredom.
Here, campaigns are reviewed by a mix of internal and external judges on a quarterly basis.
The material adapted its reaction based on the external stimuli that it received.
If you’re on a laptop without headphones or external peripherals, this process might feel redundant, but once you add other devices to the mix, things can get more complicated.
While preaching D.A.R.E. in schools, we made a drug out of external validation.
The Navy and Marine Corps versions of the F-35 have differing configurations and rely on an external gun pod.
However useful they might be for external purposes, they will always be dangerous internally.
He wants to know every external detail, even if the escape is ultimately to be shot on a sound stage.
After all, the Prince of necessity had to focus on defeating his external enemies.
She had expected personality, magnetism, as a compensation for nature's external economies.
However, she was not seeking refreshment or help from any source, either external or from within.
In a strict sense, of course, no child's drawing is absolutely spontaneous and independent of external stimulus and guidance.
Lombard Street has thus shown that it has fully learnt the only lesson that the external side of the crisis had to teach it.
Lost as he was to most external things, Hugh roused himself to some surprise at the name of the hotel.
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