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

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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

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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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