Definition of: external

(ik·stûr′nəl) adjective
1. Situated or occurring outside of the subject; being on or relating to the exterior.
2. Visible from the outside; hence, often, superficial: external polish.
3. Belonging to the material or phenomenal world as distinguished from the mind that perceives it; objective.
4. Relating to the surface of the body: an external disease.
5. Pertaining to or coming from foreign lands or people; foreign: external traffic.
6. Extraneous; extrinsic.
—noun
1. An exterior or outer part.
2. pluralOutward symbols, as of religion. [<L externus outer <ex out]
—ex·ter′nal·ly adverb