Main entry: external
Definition: outward features
Usage: he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion
Main entry: external
Definition: happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface
Usage: the external auditory canal; external pressures
Main entry: external
Definition: purely outward or superficial
Usage: external composure; an external concern for reputation- A.R.Gurney,Jr.
Main entry: outside, external, international
Definition: from or between other countries
Usage: external commerce; international trade; developing nations need outside help
Main entry: external, extraneous, outside
Definition: coming from the outside
Usage: extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph; relying upon an extraneous income; disdaining outside pressure groups