'External angles' definitions:
Definition of 'External angles'
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]