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  • adjective. Relating to, existing on, or connected with the outside or an outer part; exterior.
  • adjective. Suitable for application to the outside.
  • adjective. Existing independently of the mind.
  • adjective. Acting or coming from the outside.
  • adjective. Of or relating chiefly to outward appearance; superficial.
  • adjective. Of or relating to foreign affairs or foreign countries.
  • noun. An exterior part or surface.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Outer circumstances.
  • noun. Outward appearances.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Situated on or pertaining to the outside; located in a part of space not occupied by or within the thing referred to.
  • Outer or outermost; specifically, in zoology, on the side furthest away from the body, from the median line, or from the center of a radially symmetrical form: as, the external side of an insect's leg; the external edge of the carapace; external border, etc.
  • Being outside in any figurative sense; coming from or pertaining to the outside; not internal: as, external evidence; specifically, in metaphysics, forming part of or pertaining to the world of things or phenomena in space, considered as outside of the perceiving mind.
  • Belonging to a thing in its relations with other things; extrinsic: as, external constraint.
  • Outward; exterior; visible from the outside; hence, capable of being perceived; apparent.
  • Pertaining to the surface merely; superficial: as, external culture.
  • Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations: as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom.
  • noun. An outward part; something pertaining to the exterior.
  • noun. An outward rite or ceremony; a visible form or symbol: as, the externals of religion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; -- opposed to internal.
  • adjective. Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.
  • adjective. Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral.
  • adjective. Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.
  • adjective. Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations
  • adjective. Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.
  • adjective. See under Angle.
  • noun. Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; -- usually in the plural.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. outside of something
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface
  • noun. outward features
  • adjective. from or between other countries
  • adjective. purely outward or superficial
  • adjective. coming from the outside
  • Word Usage
    "As he puts it in discussing the Sextus 'attitude to the external world, “His own deep skepticism leaves him in a state of epochê, not only as to whether there are any such things as ˜external objects', but even as to whether these terms of the Dogmatists have any intelligible meaning at all.”"
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