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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the supplement of an interior angle of a polygon;
[syn: exterior angle, external angle]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

exterior angle n 1: the supplement of an interior angle of a polygon [syn: exterior angle, external angle]