external
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 →
2) Coming from another place or person, not your own school or group: «an external examiner». tree →
3) (medicine) For use on the outside of the body only, not to be swallowed. tree →
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 →
- This cream is for external use only. tree →
- Paint the external walls of the shed. tree →
- The external angle of a triangle is outside the shape. tree →
- An external examiner came to mark our music test. tree →
- External noise from the road made it hard to sleep. tree →
- Insects have an external skeleton called an exoskeleton. tree →
- "Nothing at all," answered their mother; "that's only something external. tree →
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.