extern
Meanings
noun
- A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate.
- A day-scholar.
- Outward form or part; exterior.
adj
- External; outward; not inherent
noun
- In the C and C++ programming languages, a variable that can be separately declared in many places, all of them referring to the same variable.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From Middle French externe or its etymon Latin externus.
Derived words
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