External /(?)/

Ex·ter·nal

External

a.
  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.
  2. Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind. (Metaph.)
  3. Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral.
    Her virtues graced with external gifts.
  4. Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.
    The external circumstances are greatly different.
  5. Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom.
  6. Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral. (Anat.)

Phrases & Compounds
External angles
See under Angle.

External

n.
  1. 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
    God in externals could not place content.