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external
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adjective (a)

  • happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface(adj.all)
    Example:
    The external auditory canal.
    External pressures.
    Antonym:
    internal
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • outward features(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    He enjoyed the solemn externals of religion.
    source: wordnet30
  • 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 (s)

  • coming from the outside(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    extraneous, outside
    source: wordnet30
  • from or between other countries(adj.all)
    Example:
    External commerce.
    Synonym:
    international, outside
    source: wordnet30
  • purely outward or superficial(adj.all)
    Example:
    External composure.
    An external concern for reputation.
    source: wordnet30
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