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.
Ex*te"ri*or , a. [L. exterior, compar. of exter or exterus on the outside, outward, foreign, strange, a compar. fr. ex: cf. F. extérieur. 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.
See Illust. of Ravelin.
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