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Ex`ter´nal
a.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.(Metaph.) 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.
n.1.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.
Noun1.external - outward features; "he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion"
Adj.1.external - happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface; "the external auditory canal"; "external pressures"
Antonyms:
internal - happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface; "internal organs"; "internal mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering"
2.external - coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups"
Synonyms: outside, extraneous
3.external - from or between other countries; "external commerce"; "international trade"; "developing nations need outside help"
4.external - purely outward or superficial; "external composure"; "an external concern for reputation"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.
alien, apparent, border, circumference, cortex, cortical, covering, crust, envelope, epidermic, epidermis, exomorphic, exotic, extraneous, extraorganismal, extrinsic, facade, face, facet, foreign, fringe, front, impersonal, integument, lineaments, nonsubjective, objective, open, out, outer face, outer layer, outer side, outer skin, outermost, outline, outlying, outmost, outside, outstanding, outward, outward-facing, over, perceptible, peripheral, periphery, public, rind, roundabout, seeming, shell, skin, superficial, superficies, superstratum, surface, top, visible

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