- of or relating to the outside or outer part; outer: an external surface.
- to be applied to the outside of a body, as a remedy: for external use only.
- situated or being outside something; acting or coming from without: external influences.
- pertaining to the outward or visible appearance or show: external acts of worship.
- pertaining to or concerned with foreign countries: external affairs;external commerce.
- on the side farthest from the body, the median line, or the center of a radially symmetrical form.
- of or relating to the world of things, considered as independent of the perceiving mind: external world.
- the outside; outer surface; exterior.
- something that is external.
- external features, circumstances, etc.; outward appearance; superficialities.
- of, situated on, or suitable for the outside; outer
- coming or acting from without
- of or involving foreign nations; foreign
- of, relating to, or designating a medicine that is applied to the outside of the body
- situated on or near the outside of the body
- denoting assessment by examiners who are not employed at the candidate's place of study
- (of a student) studying a university subject extramurally
- (of objects, etc) taken to exist independently of a perceiving mind
- an external circumstance or aspect, esp one that is superficial or inessential
- a student taking an extramural subject
