6. (Anat.)
Defn: Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral. External angles. (Geom.) See under Angle.
EXTERNAL
Ex*ter"nal, n.
Defn: Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a
show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; — usually
in the plural.
Adam was then no less glorious in his externals South.
God in externals could not place content. Pope.
EXTERNALISM
Ex*ter"nal*ism n.
1. The quality of being manifest to the senses; external acts or appearances; regard for externals. This externalism gave Catholicism a great advantage on all sides. E. Eggleston.
2. (Metaph.)
Defn: That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism.
EXTERNALISTIC
Ex*ter`nal*is"tic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to externalism North Am. Rev.