English Explanatory Dictionary

external

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Outside of something; on the exterior.
  2. Situated near or toward the surface of the body.
  3. Relating to or denoting a medicine or similar substance for use on the outside of the body.
  4. Capable of being perceived outwardly.
  5. Having merely the outward appearance of something.
  6. Not intrinsic or essential.
  7. Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.
  8. Relating to or connected with foreign nations or institutions.
  9. Having existence independent of the mind.
  10. For or concerning students registered with and taking the examinations of a university but not resident there.
  11. Not contained in the main computer.
  12. Using a disk or tape drive rather than the main memory.
noun
  1. The exterior; outward features or appearances.
  2. Inessential or superficial features.
  3. Outward appearance.
  4. A variable that is defined in the source code but whose value comes from some external source.

Pronunciation

/ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/ /ɛkˈstɜː.nəl/ /ɛkˈstɜɹ.nəl/ /ɪkˈstɜɹ.nəl/ en-us-external.ogg /ekˈstɜː.nəl/ /ˈɛks.ʈə(r).nəl/ [ɛ(ː)ks.ʈɜ(ː)(ɾ).nɐl]

Word forms

external more external most external externall externals

Etymology

From Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin externus (“outward, external”), from exter/exterus (“on the outside, outward”).

Synonyms

superficial accidental accompanying adscititious external extraneous extrinsic foreign peripheral

Antonyms

internal

Derived words

anteroexternal dorsoexternal external acoustic meatus external auditory canal external auditory meatus external carotid artery external cause external condom external conflict external coupling external ear external examiner external fertilization external genitalia external hemorrhoid external iliac artery externalism externalist externalistic externality externalization externalize externalise external link externally external maxillary artery externalness external oblique external oblique muscle external risk external sandhi external stimulus external urethral orifice external world extimate nonexternal posteroexternal semiexternal

Translations

Arabic: خَارِجِيّ Armenian: արտաքին Belarusian: зне́шні Belarusian: во́нкавы Bulgarian: въ́ншен Catalan: extern Catalan: externa Chinese Mandarin: 外部的 Czech: externí Czech: vnější Danish: udvendig Danish: ekstern Danish: udvortes Dutch: uiterlijk Dutch: uitwendig Esperanto: ekstera Esperanto: malena Faroese: ytri Finnish: ulko- Finnish: ulkoinen Finnish: ulkonainen Finnish: ulkopuolinen French: externe West-Frisian: útwindich West-Frisian: ekstern West-Frisian: uterlik Galician: externo Georgian: გარეგანი Georgian: გარეთა Georgian: გარე German: außen- German: extern German: äußerlich Greek: εξωτερικός Ancient Greek: ἐξώτερος Hungarian: külső Icelandic: ytri Ido: extera Ingrian: ulkopooliin Irish: imeachtrach Italian: esterno Japanese: 外側の Japanese: 外部の Kazakh: тысқары Korean: 외부의 Latin: exter Latin: externus Manchu: ᡨᡠᠯᡝᡵᡤᡳ Māori: a waho Māori: o waho Māori: mōwaho Occitan: extèrne Occitan: extèrna Persian: بیرونی Persian: بیگانه Pitcairn-Norfolk: ekstirnal Polish: zewnętrzny Portuguese: externo Romanian: extern Russian: вне́шний Russian: нару́жный Serbo-Croatian: èkstērnī Serbo-Croatian: ìzvanjskī Serbo-Croatian: vànjskī Slovak: externý Slovak: vonkajší
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