Definition of exterior

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Exterior (n.) The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.

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Convexity :: Convexity (n.) The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convex body; roundness.
Outward :: Outward (a.) Forming the superficial part; external; exterior; -- opposed to inward; as, an outward garment or layer..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation..
Crust :: Crust (n.) The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard..
Lineament :: Lineament (n.) One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the plural..
Extra-ocular :: Extra-ocular (a.) Inserted exterior to the eyes; -- said of the antennae of certain insects.
Fausse-braye :: Fausse-braye (n.) A second raampart, exterior to, and parallel to, the main rampart, and considerably below its level..
Shell :: Shell (v. i.) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling..
Epizoon :: Epizoon (n.) One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozoon. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans..
Dummy :: Dummy (n.) A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates..
Mantle :: Mantle (n.) The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the gills. See Illusts. of Buccinum, and Byssus..
Facing :: Facing (n.) A covering in front, for ornament or other purpose; an exterior covering or sheathing; as, the facing of an earthen slope, sea wall, etc. , to strengthen it or to protect or adorn the exposed surface..
Exterior :: Exterior (a.) 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..
Pulp :: Pulp (n.) The exterior part of a coffee berry.
Ambitus :: Ambitus (n.) The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell..
Sac :: Sac (n.) A cavity, bag, or receptacle, usually containing fluid, and either closed, or opening into another cavity to the exterior; a sack..
Alcarraza :: Alcarraza (n.) A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface..
Cilia :: Cilia (n. pl.) Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs..
Ectoparasite :: Ectoparasite (n.) Any parasite which lives on the exterior of animals; -- opposed to endoparasite.
Centripetal :: Centripetal (a.) Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone..
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