Extern
(Ex*tern"), n. [Cf. F. externe.]
1. A pupil in a seminary who lives without its walls; a day scholar.
2. Outward form or part; exterior. [R.]
External
(Ex*ter"nal) a. [L. externus, fr. exter, exterus, on the outside, outward. See Exterior.]
1. 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.
Of all external things, . . .
She [Fancy] forms imaginations, aery shapes.
Milton. 2. Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.
3. Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral.
Her virtues graced with external gifts.
Shak. 4. Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.
The external circumstances are greatly different.
Trench. 5. Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external
relations of a state or kingdom.
6. (Anat.) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.
External angles. (Geom.) See under Angle.
External
(Ex*ter"nal), n. Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather
than that which is intrinsic; visible form; — usually in the plural.
Adam was then no less glorious in his externals
South.
God in externals could not place content.
Pope. Externalism
(Ex*ter"nal*ism) n.
1. The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals.
This externalism gave Catholicism a great advantage on all sides.
E. Eggleston. 2. (Metaph.) That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of
sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism.
Externalistic
(Ex*ter`nal*is"tic) a. Pertaining to externalism. North Am. Rev.
Externality
(Ex`ter*nal"i*ty) n. State of being external; exteriority; (Metaph.) separation from the perceiving
mind.
Pressure or resistance necessarily supposes externality in the thing which presses or resists.
A. Smith. Externalize
(Ex*ter"nal*ize) v. t. To make external; to manifest by outward form.
Thought externalizes itself in language.
Soyce. Externally
(Ex*ter"nal*ly), adv. In an external manner; outwardly; on the outside; in appearance; visibly.
