English to English
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.
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)
- from or between other countries(adj.all)Example:
External commerce.
source: wordnet30 - purely outward or superficial(adj.all)Example:
External composure.
An external concern for reputation.
source: wordnet30