"external" meaning in English

See external in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪksˈtɜː.nəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛksˈtɜː.nəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛksˈtɝ.nəl/ [General-American], /ɪksˈtɝ.nəl/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-external.ogg Forms: more external [comparative], most external [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl Etymology: From Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin externus (“outward, external”), from exter/exterus (“on the outside, outward”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*-teros}}, {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|ML.|externus||outward, external}} Medieval Latin externus (“outward, external”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} external (comparative more external, superlative most external)
  1. Outside of something; on the exterior.
    (anatomy) Situated near or toward the surface of the body.
    Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-external-en-adj-uQd6UYXa Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. Outside of something; on the exterior.
    (pharmacology, relational) Relating to or denoting a medicine or similar substance for use on the outside of the body.
    Tags: relational Categories (topical): Pharmacology
    Sense id: en-external-en-adj-HsYNIvNt Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  3. Outside of something; on the exterior.
    Sense id: en-external-en-adj-Gkzf3t~Q
  4. Capable of being perceived outwardly.
    Having merely the outward appearance of something.
    Synonyms: superficial
    Sense id: en-external-en-adj-GTW9aI~D
  5. Capable of being perceived outwardly.
    Not intrinsic or essential.
    Synonyms: accidental, accompanying, extrinsic
    Sense id: en-external-en-adj-AYyO6xPA
  6. Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.
    Sense id: en-external-en-adj-XHqMoyr6
  7. Relating to or connected with foreign nations or institutions. Synonyms: foreign
    Sense id: en-external-en-adj-n-NOiqKE
  8. Having existence independent of the mind.
    Sense id: en-external-en-adj-3-v-wLiC
  9. (education) For or concerning students registered with and taking the examinations of a university but not resident there. Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-external-en-adj-QtNoW-ha Topics: education
  10. (computing, of a hardware) Not contained in the main computer. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: peripheral
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  11. (computing, of storage) Using a disk or tape drive rather than the main memory. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-external-en-adj-pRtwTLJt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 6 2 1 8 3 6 1 8 19 17 6 6 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 5 2 2 6 1 4 2 6 17 30 6 6 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 4 4 3 1 9 2 5 1 6 23 20 6 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 5 4 1 2 8 4 4 1 6 24 19 4 4 14 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: externall [obsolete] Translations (outside of something): ἐξώτερος (exṓteros) (Ancient Greek), خَارِجِيّ (ḵārijiyy) (Arabic), արտաքին (artakʻin) (Armenian), зне́шні (znjéšni) (Belarusian), во́нкавы (vónkavy) (Belarusian), въ́ншен (vǎ́nšen) (Bulgarian), extern [masculine] (Catalan), externa [feminine] (Catalan), 外部的 (wàibù de) (Chinese Mandarin), externí (Czech), vnější (Czech), udvendig (Danish), ekstern (Danish), udvortes (Danish), uiterlijk (Dutch), uitwendig (Dutch), ekstera (Esperanto), malena (Esperanto), ulko- (Finnish), ulkoinen (Finnish), ulkonainen (Finnish), ulkopuolinen (Finnish), externe (French), externo [masculine] (Galician), გარეგანი (garegani) (Georgian), გარეთა (gareta) (Georgian), გარე (gare) (Georgian), außen- (German), extern (German), äußerlich (German), εξωτερικός (exoterikós) (Greek), külső (Hungarian), extera (Ido), ulkopooliin (Ingrian), imeachtrach (Irish), esterno (Italian), 外側の (sotogawa no) (alt: そとがわの) (Japanese), 外部の (gaibu no) (alt: がいぶの) (Japanese), тысқары (tysqary) (Kazakh), 외부의 (oebu-ui) (Korean), exter (Latin), externus (Latin), ᡨᡠᠯᡝᡵᡤᡳ (tulergi) (Manchu), a waho (Maori), o waho (Maori), mōwaho (Maori), extèrne [masculine] (Occitan), extèrna [feminine] (Occitan), ظاهر (zahir) (Ottoman Turkish), بیرونی (birôni) (Persian), بیگانه (bigâne) (Persian), ekstirnal (Pitcairn-Norfolk), zewnętrzny (Polish), externo (Portuguese), extern (Romanian), вне́шний (vnéšnij) (Russian), нару́жный (narúžnyj) (Russian), èkstērnī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ìzvanjskī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), vànjskī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), externý (Slovak), vonkajší (Slovak), externo (Spanish), extern (Swedish), బహిర్గత (bahirgata) (Telugu), зо́внішній (zóvnišnij) (Ukrainian), بیرونی (bairūnī) (Urdu)

Noun

IPA: /ɪksˈtɜː.nəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛksˈtɜː.nəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɛksˈtɝ.nəl/ [General-American], /ɪksˈtɝ.nəl/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-external.ogg Forms: externals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl Etymology: From Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin externus (“outward, external”), from exter/exterus (“on the outside, outward”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*-teros}}, {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|ML.|externus||outward, external}} Medieval Latin externus (“outward, external”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} external (plural externals)
  1. (usually in the plural) The exterior; outward features or appearances.
    Inessential or superficial features.
    Tags: plural-normally
    Sense id: en-external-en-noun-2swqYlKd
  2. (usually in the plural) The exterior; outward features or appearances.
    Outward appearance.
    Tags: plural-normally
    Sense id: en-external-en-noun-T3mV6srt
  3. (programming, in the C language) A variable that is defined in the source code but whose value comes from some external source. Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-external-en-noun-3sob~DuI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 6 2 1 8 3 6 1 8 19 17 6 6 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 4 4 3 1 9 2 5 1 6 23 20 6 6 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 5 4 1 2 8 4 4 1 6 24 19 4 4 14 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: externall [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    }
  ],
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      "word": "anteroexternal"
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      "word": "dorsoexternal"
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      "word": "externalism"
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      "word": "externality"
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      "word": "externalness"
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      "word": "external urethral orifice"
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      "word": "external auditory meatus"
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      "word": "external carotid artery"
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      "word": "external cause"
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      "word": "external conflict"
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      "word": "external coupling"
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      "word": "external ear"
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      "word": "external fertilization"
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      "word": "external iliac artery"
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      "word": "external link"
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      "word": "external maxillary artery"
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      "word": "external oblique"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "external oblique muscle"
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      "word": "external risk"
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      "word": "external sandhi"
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      "word": "external stimulus"
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      "word": "external world"
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          "text": "This building has some external pipework.",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "ref": "1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:",
          "text": "Her virtues graced with external gifts.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Of all external things, […] / She [Fancy] forms imaginations, aery shapes.",
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        "Having merely the outward appearance of something."
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        [
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        ],
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          "appearance"
        ]
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          "word": "superficial"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1850, Richard Chenevix Trench, Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord:",
          "text": "The external circumstances are greatly different.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "Capable of being perceived outwardly.",
        "Not intrinsic or essential."
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        [
          "intrinsic",
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        ],
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "accidental"
        },
        {
          "word": "accompanying"
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        {
          "word": "extrinsic"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "external authority, external force",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered."
      ],
      "id": "en-external-en-adj-XHqMoyr6",
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        ],
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        ],
        [
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          "entity"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "company",
          "company"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Relating to or connected with foreign nations or institutions."
      ],
      "id": "en-external-en-adj-n-NOiqKE",
      "links": [
        [
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        ],
        [
          "foreign",
          "foreign"
        ],
        [
          "nation",
          "nation"
        ],
        [
          "institution",
          "institution"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "foreign"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "external reality",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Having existence independent of the mind."
      ],
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          "mind"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Education",
          "orig": "en:Education",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "external degrees",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "For or concerning students registered with and taking the examinations of a university but not resident there."
      ],
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "outside of something",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "outside of something",
      "word": "გარეგანი"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "بیگانه"
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    },
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      "audio": "en-us-external.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e4/En-us-external.ogg/En-us-external.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/En-us-external.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)nəl"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "externall"
    }
  ],
  "word": "external"
}

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{
  "called_from": "page/1498/20230118",
  "msg": "''Outside of something; on the e'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
  "path": [
    "external"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "external",
  "trace": ""
}

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