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# external

«external» in Mova's school dictionary: **On the outside, or coming from the outside** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) On the outside, or coming from the outside. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/external/#m3)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «external» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/external/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.