external
/ɛkˈstɜɹ.nəl/ noun C2- Inessential or superficial features.
- Outward appearance.
- A variable that is defined in the source code but whose value comes from some external source.
Plural externals
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“The bone was crushed, but there was no great external injury.”
Like other dwellers in the south, he was a man of sober habits and moderate desires, but fond of external show, vain, and addicted to display.
I rely much on external impressions; perhaps, with regard to you, they are immaterial, but I should be no artist if I had not some fancies.”
Through a series of ingeniously designed experiments, Loftus demonstrated that human recollection is remarkably malleable and profoundly susceptible to external suggestion.
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