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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
external/ɪkˈstɜːnl/
▶adjective
- 1 belonging to, situated on, or forming the outside.
- 2 coming or derived from a source outside the subject affected.
■ coming from or relating to a country or institution other than the main subject: a department of external affairs.
- 3 for or concerning students registered with and taking the examinations of a university but not resident there.
– derivatives
externally adverb.
externally adverb.
– origin ME: from med. L., from L. exter ‘outer’.
'external' also found in these Oxford entries:
abstract
- angle
- angle bead
- arthropod
- auricle
- autocephalous
- barnacle
- calibrate
- caliper
- camera obscura
- cartilage
- carvel-built
- CGI
- clinker-built
- concha
- conservation
- contractorization
- coral
- cutaway
- cytolysis
- dermatitis
- determinism
- diestock
- drop tank
- ear
- earhole
- ecto-
- ectotherm
- epigenetic
- essential
- European Union
- exo-
- exogenous
- exoskeleton
- expressionism
- ext.
- extern
- external ear
- externalism
- externalize
- exteroceptive
- extraneous
- extrovert
- figure
- fluid
- genital
- helix
- heteronomous
- image
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increase in income from investment of official external reserves
internal/external discussions of such employees
Lack of external possesors in English
Remove the external voltage source immediately, when
some questions about external affair etiqutte
The/an external strategy known as...
USB PCI Card with Four External and One Internal Port
exogenous vs. external
external churning
External ELS network
External territory
external vs outer
External?
increase in income from investment of official external reserves
internal/external discussions of such employees
Lack of external possesors in English
Remove the external voltage source immediately, when
some questions about external affair etiqutte
The/an external strategy known as...
USB PCI Card with Four External and One Internal Port
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