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noun

Exterior n.

1.

The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.

2.

Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors of religion.

adjective

Exterior adj.

1.

External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere. "Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man Resemble that it was."

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. "Without exterior help sustained."

3.

Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom.

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.

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... disliking her; Mrs. Roger Rumbold who addressed meetings to advocate Infanticide for the Masses; Mr. Bernard of the Entomological Society-author of THE COURTSHIP OF COCKROACHES; another young man of pleasant exterior who was held to be an architect because his brother used to be employed in a well-known engineering firm, ...

— South Wind • Norman Douglas

... speech, and was understood by all. Dr. Whewell [Footnote: Plurality of Worlds, chap. x. Section 5.] has put forward the curious notion that when the creation of the interior planets was completed, there remained a superfluity of water, which was gathered up into the four exterior planets. But the only fact in favour of such an hypothesis is the close correspondence between the apparent density of these planets and that of water. Now, as will be seen immediately, there is strong reason to believe that the true density of these planets is ...

— The Story of Creation as told by Theology and by Science • T. S. Ackland

... interposing!—Jacob, who had evidently been watching his mild attempt at castigation, no doubt with disapproval. Lover or no lover—what did the man expect? Under his placid exterior, Sir Wilfrid's mind was, in truth, hot with sympathy for the old ...

— Lady Rose's Daughter • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... at the bottom of the cylindrical vessel, and consequently, by means of the perpendicular tube st, Pl. IX. Fig. 4. with the air contained in the jar. He likewise cements, at 16, Pl. VIII. Fig. 1. another glass tube 16, 17, 18, which communicates at 16 with the water in the exterior vessel LMNO, and, at its upper end 18, is open ...

— Elements of Chemistry, - In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries • Antoine Lavoisier

... under a rough exterior, was one of the best-hearted and most admirable of men, with whom I ultimately formed an intimate friendship. But our first acquaintance was of a very unfavorable kind. It came about in this way: not many days after being taken into the Nautical Almanac Office I wanted a ...

— The Reminiscences of an Astronomer • Simon Newcomb

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