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Meaning of external

1. (n) outward features; "he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion"

2. (adj) happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface; "the external auditory canal"; "external pressures"

3. (adj.sat.) purely outward or superficial; "external composure"; "an external concern for reputation"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.

4. (adj.sat.) from or between other countries; "external commerce"; "international trade"; "developing nations need outside help"

5. (adj.sat.) coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups"

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