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. Of all external things, . . . She [Fancy] forms imaginations, aery shapes. Milton.
Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.
Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral. Her virtues graced with external gifts. Shak.
Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial. The external circumstances are greatly different. Trench.
Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom.
Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral. External angles. (Geom.) See under Angle.
Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; -- usually in the plural. Adam was then no less glorious in his externals South. God in externals could not place content. Pope.
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