'External' definitions:
Definition of 'external'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface; "the external auditory canal"; "external pressures" [ant: internal]
adjective
Coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups" [syn: external, extraneous, outside]
adjective
From or between other countries; "external commerce"; "international trade"; "developing nations need outside help" [syn: external, international, outside(a)]
adjective
Purely outward or superficial; "external composure"; "an external concern for reputation"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.
noun
Outward features; "he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion"
Definition of 'External'
From: GCIDE
- External \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. [1913 Webster]
- Adam was then no less glorious in his externals --South. [1913 Webster]
- God in externals could not place content. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'External'
From: GCIDE
- External \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. [1913 Webster]
- Of all external things, . . . She [Fancy] forms imaginations, aery shapes. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral. [1913 Webster]
- Her virtues graced with external gifts. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial. [1913 Webster]
- The external circumstances are greatly different. --Trench. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Anat.) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral. [1913 Webster]
- External angles. (Geom.) See under Angle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'external'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alien,
- apparent,
- border,
- circumference,
- cortex,
- cortical,
- covering,
- crust,
- envelope,
- epidermic,
- epidermis,
- exomorphic,
- exotic,
- exterior,
- extraneous,
- extraorganismal,
- extrinsic,
- facade,
- face,
- facet,
- foreign,
- fringe,
- front,
- impersonal,
- integument,
- lineaments,
- nonsubjective,
- objective,
- open,
- out,
- outer,
- 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
Words containing 'External'
- Extern,
- Externalism,
- Externality,
- Externalize,
- Externally,
- Externe,
- externalization,
- externals,
- External angles,
- external angle,
- external carotid,
- external conductivity,
- external drive,
- external ear,
- external genitalia,
- external gill,
- external organ,
- external orifice,
- external respiration,
- external storage,
- medical extern,
- external auditory canal,
- external body part,
- external carotid artery,
- external iliac artery,
- external iliac vein,
- external jugular vein,
- external maxillary artery,
- external nasal vein,
- external oblique muscle,
- abdominal external oblique muscle,
- external-combustion engine