What does External mean?

Definitions for External
ɪkˈstɜr nlex·ter·nal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. externaladjective

    outward features

    "he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion"

  2. externaladjective

    happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface

    "the external auditory canal"; "external pressures"

  3. external, extraneous, outsideadjective

    coming from the outside

    "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups"

  4. external, international, outside(a)adjective

    from or between other countries

    "external commerce"; "international trade"; "developing nations need outside help"

  5. externaladjective

    purely outward or superficial

    "external composure"; "an external concern for reputation"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.

Wiktionary

  1. externaladjective

    outside of something

  2. Etymology: From externus, from exter, exterus.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. EXTERNALadjective

    Etymology: externus, Latin.

    We come to be assured that there is such a being, either by an internal impression of the notion of a God upon our minds, or else by such external and visible effects as our reason tells us must be attributed to some cause, and which we cannot attribute to any other but such as we conceive God to be. John Tillotson.

    These shells being thus exposed loose upon the surface of the earth to the injuries of weather, to be trod upon by horses and other cattle, and to many other external accidents, are, in tract of time, worn, fretted, and broken to pieces. John Woodward, Natural History.

    Adam was then no less glorious in his externals: he had a beautiful body as well as an immortal soul. Robert South, Sermons.

    He that commits only the external act of idolatry is as guilty as he that commits the external act of theft. Edward Stillingfleet.

ChatGPT

  1. external

    External refers to something that is located, situated or occurring outside or beyond an object, area, boundary, or surface. It could also pertain to something that comes from or relates to an outside source or factor. This term is used in various fields with slightly different meanings, all related to the concept of "outside".

Webster Dictionary

  1. Externaladjective

    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

  2. Externaladjective

    outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind

  3. Externaladjective

    outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral

  4. Externaladjective

    not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial

  5. Externaladjective

    foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom

  6. Externaladjective

    away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral

  7. Externalnoun

    something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; -- usually in the plural

  8. Etymology: [L. externus, fr. exter, exterus, on the outside, outward. See Exterior.]

Wikidata

  1. External

    The term external is useful for describing certain algebraic structures. The term comes from the concept of an external binary operation which is a binary operation that draws from some external set. To be more specific, a left external binary operation on S over R is a function and a right external binary operation on S over R is a function where S is the set the operation is defined on, and R is the external set.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. External

    eks-tėr′nal, adj. exterior: lying outside: outward: belonging to the world of outward things: that may be seen: not innate or intrinsic: accidental: foreign.—n. exterior: (pl.) the outward parts: outward or non-essential forms and ceremonies.—n. Extē′rior, an exterior thing, the outside.—adj. Extern′, external, outward.—n. a day-scholar.—n. Externalisā′tion.—v.t. Exter′nalise, to give form to.—ns. Exter′nalism, undue regard to mere externals or non-essential outward forms, esp. of religion; External′ity, external character: superficiality: undue regard to externals.—adv. Exter′nally.—n. Exter′nat, a day-school. [L. externusexter.]

Entomology

  1. External

    belonging to or on the outside.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'External' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2057

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'External' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4372

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'External' in Adjectives Frequency: #275

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of External in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of External in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of External in a Sentence

  1. State Councillor Wang Yi:

    External interference and sanctions will only exacerbate the tense situation, there's already enough of such lessons from history, and the same old disastrous road should not be followed.

  2. Steven Matteo:

    An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a person's best chance of surviving a sudden cardiac death (SCD). This legislation will dramatically expand access to AEDs, along with proper training, for thousands of little league teams, free of charge.

  3. Roberta Braga:

    At the top of the priority list for Pompeo's trip this week will be to continue to reinforce and strengthen the coalition that has been built in support of Guaido, pompeo will likely reiterate the administration's prior warnings to external actors, including China, Cuba and Russia, to not intervene in the crisis.

  4. Marcus Aelius Aurelius:

    If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

  5. Aldous Huxley:

    When one's ill or unhappy, one needs something outside oneself to hold one up. It is a good thing, I think, when one has been knocked out of one's balance . to have some external job or duty to hang on to.

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