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# outer

«outer» in Mova's school dictionary: **on the outside, the part farthest from the middle** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (outer)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Outer means on the outside, the part farthest from the middle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outer/#m1)

2) Outer space is the space beyond the air around the Earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outer/#m2)

3) In some old country speech, outer means the same as out of, as in outer date, which means out of date. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outer/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: the outside edge of a shape (outer border, outer ring); the outer edge is a perimeter; an outer border = whole area − inner area. In science: the outer layer of the Earth is the crust; outer planets are far from the sun. Phrases: outer edge, outer layer, outer space, outer ring, outer wall.

### examples

- The outer square has sides of 10 cm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outer/#x1)
- How many tiles are on the outer edge? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outer/#x2)
- The outer ring has 16 seats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outer/#x3)
- Find the area of the outer border. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outer/#x4)
- Astronauts travel into outer space. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outer/#x5)
- The outer layer of an onion is dry and thin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outer/#x6)
- Jupiter and Saturn are outer planets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outer/#x7)
- Peel the outer leaves off the lettuce. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outer/#x8)
- Chris'mus doin's is outer date, en dey ain't got no bizness layin' roun' loose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outer/#x9)

### note

Opposite: inner. Only used before a noun: the outer wall. The outer edge is a perimeter. An outer border = whole area − inner area. Trap: corner tiles are counted once.

### In the corpora

- [Scorpions are arachnids whose outer shell glows blue-green under ultraviolet light; mothers carry their babies on their backs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/38-spiders-scorpions-and-eight-legged-creatures/15/)
- [Snakes have no outer ears and hear little of sounds in the air, but they feel vibrations through the ground and their jaws.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/87-reptile-house-snakes/10/)
- [People with a serious sting allergy may carry an adrenaline pen, such as an EpiPen, given into the outer thigh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/24-bees-and-wasps/15/)
- [The Earth's magnetism comes from deep inside, where hot liquid iron swirls in the outer core like a giant dynamo.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth/1/)
- [The Earth's magnetism is made by hot, liquid iron swirling in its outer core.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/30-compasses-and-the-magnetic-earth/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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