Usually means: Originating from outside an entity.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word external:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. external: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. external: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. external: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. external: Collins English Dictionary
  5. external: Vocabulary.com
  6. external: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. external: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. external: Dictionary.com
  9. external: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. external: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. External (disambiguation), External (mathematics), External: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. External: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. external: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. external: Rhymezone
  15. external: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. external: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. external: Free Dictionary
  18. external: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. external: Dictionary/thesaurus
  20. External, external: Wordnik
  21. external: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  22. External: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  23. external: Wiktionary
  24. external: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. EXTERNAL: Accounting Glossary
  2. external: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. external: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. external: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Outside of something; on the exterior.
adjective:  (anatomy) Situated near or toward the surface of the body.
adjective:  (pharmacology, relational) Relating to or denoting a medicine or similar substance for use on the outside of the body.
adjective:  Capable of being perceived outwardly.
adjective:  Having merely the outward appearance of something.
adjective:  Not intrinsic or essential.
adjective:  Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.
adjective:  Relating to or connected with foreign nations or institutions.
adjective:  Having existence independent of the mind.
adjective:  (education) For or concerning students registered with and taking the examinations of a university but not resident there.
adjective:  (computing, of a hardware) Not contained in the main computer.
adjective:  (computing, of storage) Using a disk or tape drive rather than the main memory.
noun:  (usually in the plural) The exterior; outward features or appearances.
noun:  Inessential or superficial features.
noun:  Outward appearance.
noun:  (programming, in the C language) A variable that is defined in the source code but whose value comes from some external source.

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