External

a. [ L. externus, fr. exter, exterus, on the outside, outward. See Exterior. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of all external things, . . .
She [ Fancy ] forms imaginations, aery shapes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her virtues graced with external gifts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial. [ 1913 Webster ]

The external circumstances are greatly different. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Anat.) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral. [ 1913 Webster ]

External angles. (Geom.) See under Angle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. embodying in an outward form.
Syn. -- externalization, exteriorization, exteriorisation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. to make external.
Syn. -- exteriorize, externalize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n. 1. The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals. [ 1913 Webster ]

This externalism gave Catholicism a great advantage on all sides. E. Eggleston. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Metaph.) That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to externalism. North Am. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being external; exteriority; (Metaph.) separation from the perceiving mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pressure or resistance necessarily supposes externality in the thing which presses or resists. A. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. attributing to outside causes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. embodying in an outward form.
Syn. -- externalisation, exteriorization, exteriorisation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To make external; to manifest by outward form. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thought externalizes itself in language. Soyce. [ 1913 Webster ]