EXTERNAL | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of external in English externaladjective uk /ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/ us /ɪkˈstɝː.nəl/ Add to word list Add to word list B2 of, on, for, or coming from the outside: external wall the external walls of the houseexternal to Female kangaroos carry their young in pouches that are external to their bodies.for external use This cream is for external use only (= it must not be put inside the body). In later years, his paintings began to show a number of external influences (= influences coming from other people).external appearance You shouldn't judge people by their external appearances (= what they appear to be like). Compare exterior adjectiveSee also external affairs

• This medicine is for external use only and should not be taken internally.
• The external part of the ear is far less important than the internal parts.
• If the device, for example a printer, has to be plugged into your computer, it is called an external device.
• There are no external symptoms of the disease for several weeks.
• These animals, known as arthropods, all have segmented bodies and an external skeleton.

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• outdoorswoman
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externally (Definition of external from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

external | American Dictionary

externaladjective [ not gradable ] us /ekˈstɜr·nəl/ Add to word list Add to word list existing, intended for, or happening outside a person, organization, place, country, etc.: This skin cream is for external use only. She handles the company’s external relations. His paintings show external influences (= influences coming from other people).

externally

adverb [ not gradable ] us /ekˈstɜr·nəl·i/ (Definition of external from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

external | Business English

externaladjective uk /ɪkˈstɜːnəl/ us Add to word list Add to word list coming from outside a company, organization, or country: an external applicant/candidateexternal developments/events/forces A number of external developments help to explain why the country's economy under-performed compared to others. External demand for the products of industrial countries may decline in the longer term. IT used to describe equipment that connects to the outside of a computer: Use an external hard drive to back up your entire system.

externally

adverb uk/ɪkˈstɜːnəli/ us/-ˈstɝː-/ externally funded research

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internal (Definition of external from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of external

external Thus, for an intensive cropping system, external sources of decomposed organic matter addition would be a better option. From the Cambridge English Corpus The use of parody enables the external world to 'enter' and disrupt the otherwise 'purely musical' discourse. From the Cambridge English Corpus Moreover, shared representations would necessarily have to be in approximate agreement with external and internal events. From the Cambridge English Corpus As is too common among cognitive scientists, they equate mental representations with representations of external physical objects. From the Cambridge English Corpus All talk about "internal representations" and internal or external difference registration or detection, and so on, is beside the point. From the Cambridge English Corpus In contrast to previous theoretical work, our model economy includes a nontrivial role for external finance in the financial development process. From the Cambridge English Corpus He thereby wished to purify mathematics of any reliance on the external world. From the Cambridge English Corpus Nevertheless, the most illustrative examples of functional adaptation occur in direct relation to changing external conditions, and could also imply structural reconfiguration. From the Cambridge English Corpus The quality of light is indeed external and overcast, a quality maintained even without sufficient natural light. From the Cambridge English Corpus This gradient, established and maintained by the surface buoyancy flux through the process of turbulent convection, is what draws fluid in from the external reservoir. From the Cambridge English Corpus External benefits and costs that may be related to such investments are ignored since rational farmers are unlikely to be concerned about off-site effects. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, unlike the ' self-active ' strategies they employed, their efforts to pursue strategies based on seeking external sources of help were thwarted. From the Cambridge English Corpus Designing typically starts with these requirements, and additional external requirements are often given later in the process of design. From the Cambridge English Corpus It is unclear the extent to which this instrument would be generalizable to other clinical settings or guidelines programs that use alternative external review methodologies. From the Cambridge English Corpus These steering variables describe the motion from an external point of view rather than in terms of the internal joint angles. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of external?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 外面的, 外表的, 來自外部的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 外面的, 外表的, 来自外部的… See more in Spanish externo, externo/na [masculine-feminine], exterior [masculine-feminine]… See more in Portuguese (do) exterior, externo/-na [masculine-feminine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian बाह्य, बाहेरील… See more 外の, 外面的な, 外国（から）の… See more harici, dış, dışarıdan/hariçten gelen… See more extérieur/-eure, externe… See more extern… See more uitwendig… See more வெளியில் இருந்து வரக்கூடியது… See more बाहरी, बाह्य… See more બાહ્ય… See more udvendig, ekstern… See more utvärtes, extern… See more luaran… See more äußerlich… See more ytre, utvendig, ekstern… See more باہری, باہر کا, بیرونی… See more зовнішній… See more యొక్క, మీద, కోసం లేదా బయటినుంచి వచ్చే… See more বাইরের / বাহ্যিক… See more vnější… See more luar… See more ที่ใช้ภายนอก… See more bên ngoài… See more zewnętrzny, niezależny… See more 외부의, 밖의… See more esterno, estero… See more Need a translator?

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