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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exterior \Ex*te"ri*or\, a. [L. exterior, compar. of exter or exterus on the outside, outward, foreign, strange, a compar. fr ex: cf F. ext['e]rieur. See {Ex?}, and cf {Extreme}, {Interior}.] 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 --Shak. 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. --Milton. 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. --Wilhelm. Note: See Illust. of {Ravelin}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exterior \Ex*te"ri*or\, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: exterior adj : situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building; "an exterior scene"; "exterior grade plywood"; "exterior paints" [ant: {interior}] n 1: the region that is outside of something [syn: {outside}] [ant: {inside}] 2: the outer side or surface of something [syn: {outside}] [ant: {inside}]
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