EXTERIOR

a. n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere. Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man Resemble that it was. Shak.

2.
a.

External; on the outside; without the limits of; extrinsic; as, an object exterior to a man, opposed to what is within, or in his mind. Without exterior help sustained. Milton.

3.
a.

Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom. Exterior angle (Geom.), the angle included between any side of a triangle or polygon and the prolongation of the adjacent side; also, an angle included between a line crossing two parallel lines and either of the latter on the outside. -- Exterior side (Fort.), the side of the polygon upon which a front of fortification is formed. Wilhelm.

4.
n.

The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.

5.
n.

Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors of religion.