EXTRINSIC
extrinsic
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
extrinsic (comparative more extrinsic, superlative most extrinsic)
external; separable from the thing itself; inessential
not belonging to something; outside
Synonyms
• (separable from the thing itself): See also extrinsic
Antonyms
• intrinsic
• inherent
Noun
extrinsic (plural extrinsics)
An external factor
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*trin"sic, a. Etym: [L. extrinsecus; exter on the outside + secus otherwise, beside; akin to E. second: cf. F. extrinsèque. See Exterior, Second.]
1. Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic. The extrinsic aids of education and of artificial culture. I. Taylor.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other partintrinsic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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