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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Extrinsic \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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" [ant: {intrinsic}]
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