External

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.

II. External ·adj Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.

III. External ·adj Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.

IV. External ·adj Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral.

V. External ·adj Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom.

VI. External ·noun Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form;

— usually in the plural.

VII. External ·adj 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.

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