external, extraneous, outside
(adjective) coming from the outside; “extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph”; “relying upon an extraneous income”; “disdaining outside pressure groups”
extraneous
(adjective) not essential; “the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play”
extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal
(adjective) not pertinent to the matter under consideration; “an issue extraneous to the debate”; “the price was immaterial”; “mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point”
extraneous, foreign
(adjective) not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source; “water free of extraneous matter”; “foreign particles in milk”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
extraneous (not comparable)
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign
Not essential or intrinsic
• (not belonging to): additional, alien, foreign, intrusive; See also foreign
• (not essential): superfluous, extra; See also extrinsic
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*tra"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. extraneus, from extra. See Extra, Strange.]
Definition: Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter. Nothing is admitted extraneous from the indictment. Landor.
– Ex*tra"ne*ous*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 February 2025
(noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; “he wrote the manual on car care”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
