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Definitions for: Extrinsic [adj] not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid"
Webster (1913) Definition: Ex*trin"sic, a. [L. extrinsecus; exter on the
outside + secus otherwise, beside; akin to E. second: cf. F.
extrins[`e]que. See Exterior, Second.]
1. Not contained in or belonging to a body; external;
outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.
The extrinsic aids of education and of artificial
culture. --I. Taylor.
2. (Anat.) Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to
some other part? -- said of certain groups of muscles.
Opposed to intrinsic.
Synonyms: accidental, adscititious, adventitious, alien, external, extraneous, foreign, outside
Antonyms: intrinsic, intrinsical
See Also: inessential, unessential
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