Dictionary definition · external
noun
- outward features"he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion"
adjective
- happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface"the external auditory canal"
- coming from the outside"extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"
- from or between other countries"external commerce"
- purely outward or superficial"external composure"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).