Exterior

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: ex=te=ri=or

CIDE DICTIONARY

Exterior, 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.].

•  External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.  [1913 Webster]

  "Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man
  Resemble that it was."  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "Without exterior help sustained."  [1913 Webster]
•  Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom.  [1913 Webster]

  "See Illust. of Ravelin."  [1913 Webster]

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.

Exterior, n. 

•  The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.  [1913 Webster]
•  Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors of religion.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Exterior, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 a of or on the outer side (opp. INTERIOR). b (foll. by to) situated on the outside of (a building etc.). c coming from outside.
2 Cinematog. outdoor.
--n.
1 the outward aspect or surface of a building etc.
2 the outward or apparent behaviour or demeanour of a person.
3 Cinematog. an outdoor scene.

Idiom

exterior angle the angle between the side of a rectilinear figure and the adjacent side extended outward.

Derivative

exteriority n. exteriorize v.tr. (also -ise). exteriorly adv.

Etymology

L, compar. of exterus outside

THESAURUS

Exterior

airscape, alien, apparent, apparent character, appearances, border, circumference, cityscape, cloudscape, coating, cortex, cortical, covering, crust, diorama, display, envelope, epidermic, epidermis, exomorphic, exotic, exteriors, external, external appearance, externals, extraneous, extrinsic, facade, face, facet, facing, farmscape, foreign, fringe, front, gaudiness, integument, interior, landscape, lineaments, mere externals, meretriciousness, open, ostent, out, outer, outer face, outer layer, outer side, outer skin, outermost, outline, outlying, outmost, outside, outstanding, outward, outward appearance, outward show, outward-facing, pastoral, peripheral, periphery, public, public image, rind, riverscape, roundabout, scape, scene, seapiece, seascape, seeming, shell, show, skin, skyscape, snowscape, speciousness, superficial, superficiality, superficies, superstratum, surface, surface appearance, surface show, top, townscape, vain show, view, waterscape

ROGET THESAURUS

Exterior

Exteriority

N exteriority, outside, exterior, surface, superficies, skin, superstratum, disk, disc, face, facet, extrados, excentricity, eccentricity, circumjacence, exterior, external, outer most, outward, outlying, outside, outdoor, round about, extramural, extralimitary, extramundane, superficial, skin-deep, frontal, discoid, extraregarding, excentric, eccentric, outstanding, extrinsic, ecdemic, exomorphic, externally, out, with out, over, outwards, ab extra, out of doors, extra muros, in the open air, sub Jove, sub dio, a la belle etoile, al fresco, exteriority, outside, exterior, surface, superficies, skin, superstratum, disk, disc, face, facet, extrados, excentricity, eccentricity, circumjacence, exterior, external, outer most, outward, outlying, outside, outdoor, round about, extramural, extralimitary, extramundane, superficial, skin-deep, frontal, discoid, extraregarding, excentric, eccentric, outstanding, extrinsic, ecdemic, exomorphic, externally, out, with out, over, outwards, ab extra, out of doors, extra muros, in the open air, sub Jove, sub dio, a la belle etoile, al fresco.