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/I/k'st/[@]/rn/-/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface

    adj.all

    Examples
    The external auditory canal.
    External pressures.
    Antonyms internal

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; -- opposed to <i>internal</i>; as, the <i>external</i> form or surface of a body.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. outward features

    noun.cognition

    Examples
    He enjoyed the solemn externals of religion.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; -- usually in the plural.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. coming from the outside

    adj.all

    Synonyms extraneous outside

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. from or between other countries

    adj.all

    Examples
    External commerce.
    Synonyms international outside

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. purely outward or superficial

    adj.all

    Examples
    External composure.
    An external concern for reputation.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

exterminatedexterminationexterminatorexterminatoryextermineexternexternal angleexternal auditory canalexternal body partexternal carotidexternal carotid arteryexternal drive

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