exterior

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: outside

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. the region that is outside of somethingSynonyms: outside
  2. the outer side or surface of somethingSynonyms: outside

Adjective (1)

  1. situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building“an exterior scene”“exterior grade plywood”“exterior paints”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man Resemble that it was.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Without exterior help sustained.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Note: See Illust. of Ravelin. [1913 Webster]

Exterior \Ex*te"ri*or\, n.

1.The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside. [1913 Webster]

2.Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors of religion. [1913 Webster]

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