Definitions for: Exterior


[n] the outer side or surface of something
[n] the region that is outside of something
[adj] situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building; "an exterior scene"; "exterior grade plywood"; "exterior paints"



Webster (1913) Definition: Ex*te"ri*or, a. [L. exterior, compar. of exter or
exterus on the outside, outward, foreign, strange, a compar.
fr. ex: cf. F. ext['e]rieur. See Ex?, and cf. Extreme,
Interior.]
1. External; outward; pertaining to that which is external;
-- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.

Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man Resemble
that it was. --Shak.

2. External; on the outside; without the limits of;
extrinsic; as, an object exterior to a man, opposed to
what is within, or in his mind.

Without exterior help sustained. --Milton.

3. Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior
relations of a state or kingdom.

Exterior angle (Geom.), the angle included between any side
of a triangle or polygon and the prolongation of the
adjacent side; also, an angle included between a line
crossing two parallel lines and either of the latter on
the outside.

Exterior side (Fort.), the side of the polygon upon which a
front of fortification is formed. --Wilhelm.

Note: See Illust. of Ravelin.


Ex*te"ri*or, n.
1. The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is
external; outside.

2. Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible
act; as, the exteriors of religion.

Synonyms: out(a), outside, outside(a)

Antonyms: inside, interior, interior

See Also: open, open air, outdoor(a), outdoors, out-of-door, out-of-doors, outside, part, region, surface

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