3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exterior \Ex*te"ri*or\, a. [L. exterior, compar. of exter or
exterus on the outside, outward, foreign, strange, a compar.
fr ex: cf F. ext['e]rieur. See {Ex?}, and cf {Extreme},
{Interior}.]
1. External; outward; pertaining to that which is external;
-- opposed to interior; as the exterior part of a sphere.
Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man Resemble
that it was --Shak.
2. External; on the outside; without the limits of
extrinsic; as an object exterior to a man, opposed to
what is within, or in his mind.
Without exterior help sustained. --Milton.
3. Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as the exterior
relations of a state or kingdom.
{Exterior angle} (Geom.), the angle included between any side
of a triangle or polygon and the prolongation of the
adjacent side also an angle included between a line
crossing two parallel lines and either of the latter on
the outside.
{Exterior side} (Fort.), the side of the polygon upon which a
front of fortification is formed. --Wilhelm.
Note: See Illust. of {Ravelin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exterior \Ex*te"ri*or\, n.
1. The outward surface or part of a thing that which is
external; outside.
2. Outward or external deportment, form or ceremony; visible
act as the exteriors of religion.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
exterior
adj : situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a
building; "an exterior scene"; "exterior grade
plywood"; "exterior paints" [ant: {interior}]
n 1: the region that is outside of something [syn: {outside}]
[ant: {inside}]
2: the outer side or surface of something [syn: {outside}]
[ant: {inside}]
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