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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Extraneous \Ex*tra"ne*ous\, a. [L. extraneus, from extra. See {Extra-}, {Strange}.] Not belonging to or dependent upon a thing without or beyond a thing not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as to separate gold from extraneous matter. Nothing is admitted extraneous from the indictment. --Landor. -- {Ex*tra"ne*ous*ly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: extraneous adj 1: not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point" [syn: {immaterial}, {impertinent}] 2: not essential; "the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play" 3: not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk" [syn: {foreign}] 4: coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups" [syn: {external}, {outside}]
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