Extrinsic

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Not forming an essential or inherent part of a thing; extraneous.
  • adj. Originating from the outside; external.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. external, separable from the thing itself, inessential
  • adj. not belonging to, outside of
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.
  • adj. Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part; -- said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to intrinsic.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Outward; external: not of the essence or inner being or nature of a thing.
  • Determined by something else than the subject; extraneous; foreign.
  • In anatomy, originating outside the anatomical limits of a limb, these limits including the pectoral and pelvic arches: applied to certain muscles.
  • In Scots law, not relevant to the point referred: applied to facts and circumstances sworn to by a party on a reference to his oath, which cannot be competently taken as part of the evidence.
  • Synonyms See exterior.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside
    • Equivalent
    adventitious    adscititious    extraneous    external    alien   
    Antonym
    intrinsic    inherent   
    Cross Reference
    extrinsic evidence    extrinsical argument   
    Form
    extrinsic reward   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    external    outward    unessential    foreign    accidental   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    intrinsic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    intrinsic    apoptotic    adventitious    angiogenic    transcriptional   
     
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