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[ ik-stur-nl ] / ɪkˈstɜr nl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR external ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof or relating to the outside or outer part; outer: an external surface. Medicine/Medical. to be applied to the outside of a body, as a remedy: for external use only. situated or being outside something; acting or coming from without: external influences. pertaining to the outward or visible appearance or show: external acts of worship. pertaining to or concerned with foreign countries: external affairs; external commerce. Zoology, Anatomy. on the side farthest from the body, the median line, or the center of a radially symmetrical form. Metaphysics. of or relating to the world of things, considered as independent of the perceiving mind: external world. nounthe outside; outer surface; exterior. something that is external. externals, external features, circumstances, etc.; outward appearance; superficialities. Origin of externalLate Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at extern, -al1 SYNONYMS FOR externalSEE SYNONYMS FOR external ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR externalSEE ANTONYMS FOR external ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM externalex·ter·nal·ly, adverbnon·ex·ter·nal, adjective, nounnon·ex·ter·nal·ly, adverbqua·si-ex·ter·nal, adjective qua·si-ex·ter·nal·ly, adverbsem·i·ex·ter·nal, adjectivesem·i·ex·ter·nal·ly, adverbsub·ex·ter·nal, adjectivesub·ex·ter·nal·ly, adverb WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH externalextraneous, external , extrinsicWords nearby externalexterminate, exterminator, exterminatory, extermine, extern, external, external acoustic pore, External Affairs, external auditory canal, external auditory foramen, external auditory meatus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for externalWhile preaching D.A.R.E. in schools, we made a drug out of external validation. Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating|Ellie Schaack|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST The Navy and Marine Corps versions of the F-35 have differing configurations and rely on an external gun pod. New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST However useful they might be for external purposes, they will always be dangerous internally. Pakistan’s Dance With Terrorists Just Backfired and Killed 132 Children|Chris Allbritton|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST He wants to know every external detail, even if the escape is ultimately to be shot on a sound stage. Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After all, the Prince of necessity had to focus on defeating his external enemies. Valerie Jarrett, Obama Consigliere—and Democracy Killer|James Poulos|November 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Contemptuous of "external good," it seeks its own counsel and obeys the mandates of its own spirit. Heroes in Peace|John Haynes Holmes The senses are the only channels to the external world which we possess, and love must come through these channels or not at all. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 (of 6)|Havelock Ellis For, to speak plainly, whatever the external thing may be, the value which we set upon it places us in subjection to others. A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus With the Encheiridion|Epictetus It is commonly remarked, that the suppression of external signs of feeling, makes feeling more intense. Illustrations of Universal Progress|Herbert Spencer The dislocated astragalus can be felt as an irregular angular bone just below the external malleolus. Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry|Maximilian Stern
British Dictionary definitions for external
adjectiveof, situated on, or suitable for the outside; outer coming or acting from withoutexternal evidence from an independent source of or involving foreign nations; foreign of, relating to, or designating a medicine that is applied to the outside of the body anatomy situated on or near the outside of the bodythe external ear education denoting assessment by examiners who are not employed at the candidate's place of study Australian and NZ (of a student) studying a university subject extramurally philosophy (of objects, etc) taken to exist independently of a perceiving mind noun(often plural) an external circumstance or aspect, esp one that is superficial or inessential Australian and NZ a student taking an extramural subject Derived forms of externalexternally, adverbWord Origin for externalC15: from Latin externus outward, from exterus on the outside, from ex out of Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to externalextraneous, foreign, independent, over, surface, alien, exterior, peripheral, out, apparent, outer, outermost, outward, superficial, visible, outmost Medical definitions for external
adj.Relating to, connected with, or existing on the outside; exterior. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |