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Definition of Exterior

1. Adjective. Situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building. "Exterior paints"

2. Noun. The region that is outside of something.

3. Noun. The outer side or surface of something.

Definition of Exterior

1. a. External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.

2. n. The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.

Definition of Exterior

1. Adjective. Relating to the outside parts or surface of something. ¹

2. Adjective. Being from outside a country; foreign. ¹

3. Adjective. Outdoors. ¹

4. Noun. The outside part, parts or surface of something. ¹

5. Noun. Foreign lands. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Exterior

1. a part or surface that is outside [n -S]

Medical Definition of Exterior

1. 1. External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere. "Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man Resemble that it was." (Shak) 2. External; on the outside; without the limits of; extrinsic; as, an object exterior to a man, opposed to what is within, or in his mind. "Without exterior help sustained." (Milton) 3. Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom. Exterior angle, the side of the polygon upon which a front of fortification is formed. Origin: L. Exterior, compar. Of exter or exterus on the outside, outward, foreign, strange, a compar. Fr. Ex: cf. F. Exterieur. See Ex, and cf. Extreme, Interior. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exterior

extent extention extents extenuate extenuated extenuates extenuating extenuating circumstance extenuating circumstances extenuatingly

extenuation extenuations extenuator extenuators extenuatory exterior (current term) exterior-angle exterior angle exterior angles exterior door

exteriorisation exteriorise exteriorised exteriorises exteriorising exteriorities exteriority exteriorization exteriorizations exteriorize

Literary usage of Exterior

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"Spleen weight, 1514 grams; exterior surface smooth and organ rather soft; ... Spleen weight, 640 grams; exterior nodular; cut surface smooth with many heavy ..."

2. Projective Geometry by Oswald Veblen, John Wesley Young (1918)
"Interior and exterior of a conic. THEOREM 5. Any two points of a conic are the ends of two linear segments one consisting entirely of interior points and ..."

3. A LM Ia Ceramic Kiln in South-Central Crete: Function and Pottery Production by Joseph W. Shaw (2001)
"Fine fabric with pink fracture, yellow to very pale brown exterior surface ... exterior and interior polished after decoration, causing dark paint to smear. ..."

4. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1823)
"e. the first place, upon his awn person ; in the next reputation, place, upon the exterior objects that surround him. These objects are either things ..."

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