external
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: anatomy
computing
education
engineering
mathematics
medicine
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
Etymology: From Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin externus (“outward, external”), from exter/exterus (“on the outside, outward”).
Inflected forms:
form: more external
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most external
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: externall
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: externals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: externall
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Outside of something; on the exterior.
pos: adj
examples: This building has some external pipework.
Her virtues graced with external gifts.
Of all external things, […] / She [Fancy] forms imaginations, aery shapes.
gloss: Outside of something; on the exterior.
pos: adj
gloss: Outside of something; on the exterior.
pos: adj
tags: relational
gloss: Capable of being perceived outwardly.
pos: adj
gloss: Capable of being perceived outwardly.
pos: adj
examples: The external circumstances are greatly different.
gloss: Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.
pos: adj
examples: external authority, external force
gloss: Relating to or connected with foreign nations or institutions.
pos: adj
examples: external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom
gloss: Having existence independent of the mind.
pos: adj
examples: external reality
gloss: For or concerning students registered with and taking the examinations of a university but not resident there.
pos: adj
examples: external degrees
gloss: Not contained in the main computer.
pos: adj
gloss: Using a disk or tape drive rather than the main memory.
pos: adj
gloss: The exterior; outward features or appearances.
pos: noun
tags: plural-normally
examples: To a non-Christian who has never experienced but only observed the externals of Christianity, it appears to be merely another spiritual system, but to a person who has left one of the other religions and embraced the Christian faith, it is most definitely The Way, and all else pales to insignificance.
gloss: The exterior; outward features or appearances.
pos: noun
tags: plural-normally
examples: They had been such declared, such personal enemies, that, even in a court, it seemed wonderful how a decent external could be given to their reconciliation.
He was indeed a creature who by externals at all events had more in common with another genus than with that humanity among which fate had cast him, and his familiar nickname of "The Toad" crudely indicated what that species might be.
gloss: A variable that is defined in the source code but whose value comes from some external source.
pos: noun
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:
lang: Arabic
word: خَارِجِيّ
roman: ḵārijiyy
lang: Armenian
word: արտաքին
roman: artakʻin
lang: Belarusian
word: зне́шні
roman: znjéšni
lang: Belarusian
word: во́нкавы
roman: vónkavy
lang: Bulgarian
word: въ́ншен
roman: vǎ́nšen
lang: Catalan
word: extern
lang: Catalan
word: externa
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 外部的
roman: wàibù de
lang: Czech
word: externí
lang: Czech
word: vnější
lang: Danish
word: udvendig
lang: Danish
word: ekstern
lang: Danish
word: udvortes
lang: Dutch
word: uiterlijk
lang: Dutch
word: uitwendig
lang: Esperanto
word: ekstera
lang: Esperanto
word: malena
lang: Faroese
word: ytri
lang: Finnish
word: ulko-
lang: Finnish
word: ulkoinen
lang: Finnish
word: ulkonainen
lang: Finnish
word: ulkopuolinen
lang: French
word: externe
lang: West-Frisian
word: útwindich
lang: West-Frisian
word: ekstern
lang: West-Frisian
word: uterlik
lang: Galician
word: externo
lang: Georgian
word: გარეგანი
roman: garegani
lang: Georgian
word: გარეთა
roman: gareta
lang: Georgian
word: გარე
roman: gare
lang: German
word: außen-
lang: German
word: extern
lang: German
word: äußerlich
lang: Greek
word: εξωτερικός
roman: exoterikós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐξώτερος
roman: exṓteros
lang: Hungarian
word: külső
lang: Icelandic
word: ytri
lang: Ido
word: extera
lang: Ingrian
word: ulkopooliin
lang: Irish
word: imeachtrach
lang: Italian
word: esterno
lang: Japanese
word: 外側の
roman: sotogawa no
lang: Japanese
word: 外部の
roman: gaibu no
lang: Kazakh
word: тысқары
roman: tysqary
lang: Korean
word: 외부의
roman: oebu-ui
lang: Latin
word: exter
lang: Latin
word: externus
lang: Manchu
word: ᡨᡠᠯᡝᡵᡤᡳ
roman: tulergi
lang: Māori
word: a waho
lang: Māori
word: o waho
lang: Māori
word: mōwaho
lang: Occitan
word: extèrne
lang: Occitan
word: extèrna
lang: Persian
word: بیرونی
roman: birôni
lang: Persian
word: بیگانه
roman: bigâne
lang: Pitcairn-Norfolk
word: ekstirnal
lang: Polish
word: zewnętrzny
lang: Portuguese
word: externo
lang: Romanian
word: extern
lang: Russian
word: вне́шний
roman: vnéšnij
lang: Russian
word: нару́жный
roman: narúžnyj
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: èkstērnī
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ìzvanjskī
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: vànjskī
lang: Slovak
word: externý
lang: Slovak
word: vonkajší
lang: Spanish
word: externo
lang: Swedish
word: extern
lang: Swedish
word: utvändig
lang: Swedish
word: yttre
lang: Telugu
word: బహిర్గత
roman: bahirgata
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: ظاهر
roman: zahir
lang: Ukrainian
word: зо́внішній
roman: zóvnišnij
lang: Urdu
word: بیرونی
roman: bairūnī