Definitions for: External


[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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: exogenous, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, international, outer, outside, outside(a), outward

Antonyms: internal

See Also: characteristic, feature

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