Extrinsic Definition & Meaning | Bay Area Crosswords

About The Word Extrinsic

Learn about the word Extrinsic to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Extrinsic definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Extrinsic

Extrinsic Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Extrinsic? [adj] not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Extrinsic: accidental \| adscititious \| adventitious \| alien \| external \| extraneous \| foreign \| outside Related Terms \| Find terms related to Extrinsic: acquired \| adrift \| alien \| apparent \| barbarian \| barbaric \| barbarous \| beside the mark \| beside the point \| beside the question \| conventionalized \| cortical \| epidermic \| exomorphic \| exotic \| exterior \| external \| extraneous \| extraorganismal \| extraterrestrial \| foreign \| foreign-born \| formal \| formalist \| formalistic \| formulary \| fringe \| immaterial \| impersonal \| impertinent \| inadmissible \| inapplicable \| inapposite \| inappropriate \| incidental \| inconsequent \| intrusive \| irrelative \| irrelevant \| legalistic \| nihil ad rem \| nominal \| nonessential \| nonsubjective \| not at issue \| objective \| off the subject \| open \| out \| outer \| outermost \| outland \| outlandish \| outlying \| outmost \| out-of-the-way \| outside \| outstanding \| outward \| outward-facing \| parenthetical \| pedantic \| peripheral \| public \| roundabout \| seeming \| strange \| stylized \| superficial \| surface \| ulterior \| unearthly \| unessential \| unrelated See Also \| inessential \| unessential Extrinsic In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*trin"sic\, a. [L. extrinsecus; exter on the outside + secus otherwise, beside; akin to E. second: cf. F. extrins[`e]que. See {Exterior}, {Second}.] 1. Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic. The extrinsic aids of education and of artificial culture. --I. Taylor. 2. (Anat.) Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part? -- said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to intrinsic.

Extrinsic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Extrinsic?

[adj] not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid"

See Also | inessential | unessential

Extrinsic In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*trin"sic\, a. [L. extrinsecus; exter on the
outside + secus otherwise, beside; akin to E. second: cf. F.
extrins[`e]que. See {Exterior}, {Second}.]
1. Not contained in or belonging to a body; external;
   outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.

         The extrinsic aids of education and of artificial
         culture.                              --I. Taylor.

2. (Anat.) Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to
   some other part? -- said of certain groups of muscles.
   Opposed to intrinsic.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

Organic compound ‐ any compound of carbon and another…
Layup ‐ a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or…
Teeming with(p) ‐ filled to overflowing with a vast number of moving or especially…
Freestanding ‐ standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything; "a…
Cote d'ivoire ‐ a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the…
Sphacele calycina ‐ California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white…
Fan tracery ‐ the carved tracery on…
Apatura ‐ large Old World…
Hendrik verwoerd ‐ South African statesman who instituted the policy of apartheid…
Ulysses grant ‐ 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies…