EXTERN

extern, medical extern

(noun) a nonresident doctor or medical student; connected with a hospital but not living there

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

extern (plural externs)

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.

Adjective

extern

(obsolete, rare) External; outward; not inherent

Etymology 2

Noun

extern (plural externs)

(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.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*tern", a. Etym: [Cf. F. externe. See External.]

Definition: External; outward; not inherent. [Obs.] Shak.

Ex*tern", n. Etym: [Cf. F. externe.]

1. A pupil in a seminary who lives without its walls; a day scholar.

2. Outward form or part; exterior. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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