external
/ɛkˈstɜɹ.nəl/ adjective B2- Outside of something; on the exterior. · This building has some external pipework.
- Situated near or toward the surface of the body.
- Relating to or denoting a medicine or similar substance for use on the outside of the body.
- Having merely the outward appearance of something.
- Not intrinsic or essential.
- Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered. · external authority, external force
- Relating to or connected with foreign nations or institutions. · external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom
- Having existence independent of the mind. · external reality
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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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