external

Meanings

Plural: externals

Noun

• outward features
  • "he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion"
• The exterior; outward features or appearances.
• Inessential or superficial features.
• The exterior; outward features or appearances.
• Outward appearance.
• A variable that is defined in the source code but whose value comes from some external source.

Adjective

• happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface
  • "the external auditory canal"
  • "external pressures"

Adjective Satellite

• coming from the outside
• from or between other countries
  • "external commerce"
• purely outward or superficial; ; - A.R.Gurney,Jr.
  • "external composure"
  • "an external concern for reputation"

Adj

• Outside of something; on the exterior.
• Situated near or toward the surface of the body.
• Outside of something; on the exterior.
• Relating to or denoting a medicine or similar substance for use on the outside of the body.
• Outside of something; on the exterior.
• Capable of being perceived outwardly.
• Having merely the outward appearance of something.
• Capable of being perceived outwardly.
• Not intrinsic or essential.
• Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.
• Relating to or connected with foreign nations or institutions.
• Having existence independent of the mind.
• For or concerning students registered with and taking the examinations of a university but not resident there.
• Not contained in the main computer.
• Using a disk or tape drive rather than the main memory.

Synonyms

accidental, accompanying, adscititious, external, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, international, outside, peripheral, superficial

Antonyms

internal

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