External
adjective
Located or happening outside of something.
There is external damage to the car.
Often appears as...
- external surface
- external factors
adjective
Coming from or related to a place or source outside.
The company is facing external competition.
Often appears as...
- external forces
- external threats
adjective
Related to the outside part of something.
He's only interested in external beauty.
Often appears as...
- external appearance
- external attributes
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Disapproving
adjective
Used to describe treatment that is applied to the outside of the body.
The medication is for external use only.
Often appears as...
- external application
- external use
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Technical
adjective
Refers to hardware or software that is physically separate from a computer or a system.
She uses an external hard drive for extra storage.
Often appears as...
- external drive
- external device
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Technical
adjective
Located or happening outside of something.
There is external damage to the car.
Often appears as...
- external surface
- external factors
adjective
Coming from or related to a place or source outside.
The company is facing external competition.
Often appears as...
- external forces
- external threats
adjective
Related to the outside part of something.
He's only interested in external beauty.
Often appears as...
- external appearance
- external attributes
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Used to describe treatment that is applied to the outside of the body.
The medication is for external use only.
Often appears as...
- external application
- external use
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Refers to hardware or software that is physically separate from a computer or a system.
She uses an external hard drive for extra storage.
Often appears as...
- external drive
- external device
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/2Physical Location
Use 'external' to describe something located on the outer part or surface.
The building has external lighting for visibility.
Pro Tip 2/2Happening Outside
'External' indicates events or actions taking place outside a specific area or system.
The noise was caused by external construction work.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Location
Use 'external' to describe something located on the outer part or surface.
The building has external lighting for visibility.
Pro Tip 2/2Happening Outside
'External' indicates events or actions taking place outside a specific area or system.
The noise was caused by external construction work.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Location
Use 'external' to describe something located on the outer part or surface.
The building has external lighting for visibility.
Pro Tip 2/2Happening Outside
'External' indicates events or actions taking place outside a specific area or system.
The noise was caused by external construction work.
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Is Your Perfume Made...
Less than one in ten trees are actually infected with agarwood, And there are no obvious external signs that a tree contains it. The search for agarwood has resulted in indiscriminate felling of trees, a dramatic decline in wild populations and huge damage to the ecosystems which these trees help
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Is it bad to hold your...
The external urethral sphincter is one of the muscles of the pelvic floor, and it provides support to the urethra and bladder neck. It's lucky we have these pelvic floor muscles because placing pressure on the system by coughing, sneezing, laughing, or jumping could cause bladder leakage.
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Why don't perpetual...
The imbalance would keep the wheel turning forever. Bhaskara's drawing was one of the earliest designs for a perpetual motion machine, a device that can do work indefinitely without any external energy source. Imagine a windmill that produced the breeze it needed to keep rotating.
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Are you a body with a...
Neuroscience suggests that our bodies, along with their physical senses, are deeply integrated with the activity in our brains to form what we call consciousness. From the day we're born, our mental development is formed through our body's interaction with the external world.
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Bring on the learning...
And doing that, I think, is the answer to the future because it's not about scaling a new solution; it's about creating a movement in education in which people develop their own solutions, but with external support based on a personalized curriculum.
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Why do people join...
that shapes a new member into a true believer. And most importantly, it uses both formal and informal systems of influence and control to keep members obedient, with little tolerance for internal disagreement or external scrutiny.
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Why should you read...
Her characters frequently lead inner lives that are deeply at odds with their external existence. To help make sense of these disparities, the next time you read Woolf, here are some aspects of her life and work to consider.
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What are those floaty...
But the majority of the time entoptic phenomena, such as floaters and blue sky sprites, are just a gentle reminder that what we think we see depends just as much on our biology and minds as it does on the external world.
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How to rebuild the world...
an external pre digestive system humanity doesn't have the benefit of four stomachs like a cow so you've had to adopt technology to enable us to thrive biting fast-growing species of
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Sharks 101 PIPE National...
They may come in various forms, such as sacks called mermaid purses or corkscrews. These eggs act as external wombs in which shark embryos complete their development.
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Is Your Perfume Made...
Less than one in ten trees are actually infected with agarwood, And there are no obvious external signs that a tree contains it. The search for agarwood has resulted in indiscriminate felling of trees, a dramatic decline in wild populations and huge damage to the ecosystems which these trees help
Video examples
Is it bad to hold your...
The external urethral sphincter is one of the muscles of the pelvic floor, and it provides support to the urethra and bladder neck. It's lucky we have these pelvic floor muscles because placing pressure on the system by coughing, sneezing, laughing, or jumping could cause bladder leakage.
Video examples
Why don't perpetual...
The imbalance would keep the wheel turning forever. Bhaskara's drawing was one of the earliest designs for a perpetual motion machine, a device that can do work indefinitely without any external energy source. Imagine a windmill that produced the breeze it needed to keep rotating.
Video examples
Are you a body with a...
Neuroscience suggests that our bodies, along with their physical senses, are deeply integrated with the activity in our brains to form what we call consciousness. From the day we're born, our mental development is formed through our body's interaction with the external world.
Video examples
Bring on the learning...
And doing that, I think, is the answer to the future because it's not about scaling a new solution; it's about creating a movement in education in which people develop their own solutions, but with external support based on a personalized curriculum.
Video examples
Why do people join...
that shapes a new member into a true believer. And most importantly, it uses both formal and informal systems of influence and control to keep members obedient, with little tolerance for internal disagreement or external scrutiny.
Video examples
Why should you read...
Her characters frequently lead inner lives that are deeply at odds with their external existence. To help make sense of these disparities, the next time you read Woolf, here are some aspects of her life and work to consider.
Video examples
What are those floaty...
But the majority of the time entoptic phenomena, such as floaters and blue sky sprites, are just a gentle reminder that what we think we see depends just as much on our biology and minds as it does on the external world.
Video examples
How to rebuild the world...
an external pre digestive system humanity doesn't have the benefit of four stomachs like a cow so you've had to adopt technology to enable us to thrive biting fast-growing species of
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Sharks 101 PIPE National...
They may come in various forms, such as sacks called mermaid purses or corkscrews. These eggs act as external wombs in which shark embryos complete their development.
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Steve Jobs
American Businessman
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
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Jean Piaget
Swiss Psychologist
With regard to moral rules, the child submits more or less completely in intention to the rules laid down for him, but these, remaining, as it were, external to the subject's conscience, do not really transform his conduct.
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Nikola Tesla
Inventor
Every living being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe. Though seemingly affected only by its immediate surrounding, the sphere of external influence extends to infinite distance.
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Eckhart Tolle
German Speaker
Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form.
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Roberto Baggio
Italian Athlete
In Buddhism, you have to believe in yourself. You don't believe something external guides your life. You do it yourself.
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Alan Watts
English Philosopher
But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us.
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Herbert Spencer
English Philosopher
Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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Eduard Shevardnadze
Politician
The external world is committed to helping Georgia settle its problems.
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Tab Hunter
American Actor
People place such importance on the external. It's disgusting.
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Francois Hollande
French Statesman
There must be protection of the external borders.
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Steve Jobs
American Businessman
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
Quote examples
Jean Piaget
Swiss Psychologist
With regard to moral rules, the child submits more or less completely in intention to the rules laid down for him, but these, remaining, as it were, external to the subject's conscience, do not really transform his conduct.
Quote examples
Nikola Tesla
Inventor
Every living being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe. Though seemingly affected only by its immediate surrounding, the sphere of external influence extends to infinite distance.
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Eckhart Tolle
German Speaker
Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form.
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Roberto Baggio
Italian Athlete
In Buddhism, you have to believe in yourself. You don't believe something external guides your life. You do it yourself.
Quote examples
Alan Watts
English Philosopher
But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us.
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Herbert Spencer
English Philosopher
Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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Eduard Shevardnadze
Politician
The external world is committed to helping Georgia settle its problems.
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Tab Hunter
American Actor
People place such importance on the external. It's disgusting.
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Francois Hollande
French Statesman
There must be protection of the external borders.
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