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English Dictionary: External	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for External
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
external adj happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface; "the external auditory canal"; "external pressures" Antonym(s): internal coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups" Synonym(s): external, extraneous, outside from or between other countries; "external commerce"; "international trade"; "developing nations need outside help" Synonym(s): external, international, outside(a) purely outward or superficial; "external composure"; "an external concern for reputation"- A.R.Gurney,Jr. n outward features; "he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
External \Exter"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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
External \Exter"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.