Extrinsic

[ɪk'strɪnsɪk;ek-] or [ɛks'trɪnsɪk]

Definition

(adj.) not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; 'extrinsic evidence'; 'an extrinsic feature of the new building'; 'that style is something extrinsic to the subject'; 'looking for extrinsic aid' .

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Definition

(a.) Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.

(a.) Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part/ -- said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to intrinsic.

Typist: Shelley

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. External, outward, extraneous, foreign, not intrinsic.

Checker: Selma

Definition

adj. external: not contained in or belonging to a body: foreign: not essential—opp. to Intrinsic.—n. Extrinsical′ity.—adv. Extrin′sically.

Edited by Hilda