1. Happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface
   "the external auditory canal"; "external pressures" 
2. Coming from the outside
   - extraneous, outside 
3. From or between other countries
   "external commerce"
   - international, outside 
4. Purely outward or superficial
   "external composure"; "an external concern for reputation"

1. Outward features
   "he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion"

Derived forms: externals

See also: externality, externally, extrinsic, foreign, outer, outside, outward, position, spatial relation

Type of: characteristic, feature

Antonym: internal

Encyclopedia: External

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