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# external

adjective (external); noun (externals — plural, the outward appearance)

«external» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. On the outside, or coming from the outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/external/#m1)
2. Coming from another place or person, not your own school or group: «an external examiner». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/external/#m2)
3. (medicine) For use on the outside of the body only, not to be swallowed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/external/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science it describes the outside of a body or object: external organs, external walls. In safety it appears on medicine labels: «For external use only» means do not swallow it. In maths, an external (exterior) angle is outside a shape. Phrases: external wall, external use only, external examiner, external factors.

### Examples

- The skin is the body's external covering. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/external/#x1)
- This cream is for external use only. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/external/#x2)
- Paint the external walls of the shed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/external/#x3)
- The external angle of a triangle is outside the shape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/external/#x4)
- An external examiner came to mark our music test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/external/#x5)
- External noise from the road made it hard to sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/external/#x6)
- Insects have an external skeleton called an exoskeleton. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/external/#x7)
- "Nothing at all," answered their mother; "that's only something external. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/external/#x8)

### Note

Opposite: internal. Adverb: externally. «For external use only» is an important safety warning. Also «exterior» means outside, mostly for buildings and angles. «Externals» means the outward look of things.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «external» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/external/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«external» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/external.html) on Mova free.