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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside;
- Example: "extrinsic evidence"
- Example: "an extrinsic feature of the new building"
- Example: "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"
- Example: "looking for extrinsic aid"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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            The extrinsic aids of education and of artificial
            culture.                              --I. Taylor.
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   2. (Anat.) Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to
      some other part; -- said of certain groups of muscles.
      Opposed to intrinsic.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

extrinsic
    adj 1: 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, intrinsical]