external

[ ik-stur-nl ]

/ ɪkˈstɜr nl /

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adjective

of or relating to the outside or outer part; outer: an external surface.

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.

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.

Origin of external

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at extern, -al¹

SYNONYMS FOR external

1 outermost, exterior.

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OTHER WORDS FROM external

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 sem·i·ex·ter·nal, adjective sem·i·ex·ter·nal·ly, adverb sub·ex·ter·nal, adjective sub·ex·ter·nal·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH external

extraneous external extrinsic internal intrinsic

Words nearby external

exterminate, exterminator, exterminatory, extermine, extern, external, external acoustic pore, external affairs, external auditory canal, external auditory foramen, external auditory meatus

Example sentences from the Web for externally

Third, to justify a killing, the target would also have to be "externally focused."

David's Bookclub: Kill or Capture |David Frum |September 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The Times was forced to shift into full-blown damage-control mode, both internally and externally.

Augusta’s Weird Culture War Ends With Membership for Rice, Moore |Michelle Cottle |August 21, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The next questions are around issues that might threaten that peace—not only externally, but also from within a community.

How the Gambia is Fighting FGC |Julia Lalla-Maharajh |February 5, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
You do have a reputation of being frighteningly competitive, both internally and externally with other networks.

David Gregory, Off the Air |Lloyd Grove |January 7, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

It is externally surrounded by bone or cartilage, but sometimes it lies near a fontanelle or opening in the skull above.

A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) |David Starr Jordan
Aperture above pointed, externally straight, below rounded, widened or effuse.

Zoological Illustrations, Volume I |William Swainson
It cut a strange, outlandish figure among the crowd of casual reminiscences it externally resembled.

In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays |Augustine Birrell
Externally, the light resembled a huge cup about two feet in diameter, with a thick disk fitted around it in a vertical plane.

The Wreck of the Titan |Morgan Robertson
They are all cup-or saucer-shaped; externally warted, scurvy or smooth; asci cylindrical, 8-spored.

The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise |M. E. Hard

British Dictionary definitions for externally

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

Australian and NZ (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

Australian and NZ a student taking an extramural subject

Derived forms of external

externally, adverb

Word Origin for external

C15: from Latin externus outward, from exterus on the outside, from ex out of

Medical definitions for externally

external

[ ĭk-stûr′nəl ]

adj.

Relating to, connected with, or existing on the outside; exterior.

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