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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.

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