(obsolete, rare) External; outward; not inherent

(programming) In the C and C++ programming languages, a variable that can be separately declared in many places, all of them referring to the same variable.

A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate. / A day-scholar. / Outward form or part; exterior.

(anatomy) Situated near or toward the surface of the body. / (pharmacology, relational) Relating to or denoting a medicine or similar substance for use on the outside of the body.

Inessential or superficial features. / Outward appearance. / (programming, in the C language) A variable that is defined in the source code but whose value comes from some external source.

on the surface or the outside

A person affiliated with an institution who does not reside there, especially a doctor or medical student in attendance upon a hospital, but not residing in it.

plural of externe

plural of extern

The state or quality of being external.