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outer
has definitions from the field of anatomy
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[ adjective ] being on the outside or further from a center
Examples "spent hours adorning the outer man" "the outer suburbs" Used in print (Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)The rest of the surface had a temperature which decreased towards the outer diameter of the plug . (Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)They possessed no outer fortifications , no hard shells of confidence ; they had enough difficulty getting from day to day , let_alone having an awful crime thrust upon them . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)A_couple_of years back , I occupied a Village apartment whose outer staircase contained the type of niche called a `` coffin turn '' . |
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[ adjective ] located outside
Examples "outer reality" Used in print (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)In_addition to the functions of religion within man , there have always been the outer social functions for the community and society . Related terms |
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