6. (Anat.) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.
External angles. (Geom.) See under Angle.
Ex*ter"nal, n. 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.
Ex*ter"nal*ism (?) n. 1. The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals.
This externalism gave Catholicism a great advantage on all sides.
E. Eggleston.
2. (Metaph.) That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism.
Ex*ter`nal*is"tic (?), a. Pertaining to externalism. North Am. Rev.
Ex`ter*nal"i*ty (?), n. State of being external; exteriority; (Metaph.) separation from the perceiving mind.
Pressure or resistance necessarily supposes externality in the thing which presses or resists.
A. Smith.
Ex*ter"nal*ize (?), v. t. To make external; to manifest by outward form.
Thought externalizes itself in language.
Soyce.
Ex*ter"nal*ly, adv. In an external manner; outwardly; on the outside; in appearance; visibly.
||Ex`terne" (?), n. [F. Cf. Extern.] (med.) An officer in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it; esp., one who cares for the out- patients.
Ex`ter*ra"ne*ous (?), a. [L. exterraneus; es out + terra land.] Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad.
Ex*ter`ri*to"ri*al (?), a. [Pref. ex&?; + territorial.] Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction. -- Ex*ter`ri*to"ri*al*ly(#),adv.
Ex*ter`ri*to`ri*al"i*ty (?), n. 1. The state of being beyond the limits of a country.
2. The state of being free from the jurisdiction of a country when within its territorial limits.
Ex*ter"sion (?), n. [L. extergere, extersum, to wipe out; ex out + tergere to wipe or rub off.] The act of wiping or rubbing out. [Obs.]
Ex*till" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Extilled(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Extilling.] [L. extillare, exstillare; ex out + stillare to drop, stilla drop.] To drop or distill. [Obs.] Johnson.
Ex`til*la"tion (?), n. Distillation. [Obs.]
An exudation or extillation of petrifying juices.
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