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external | vibratiuncle |

As an adjective external

is outside of something; on the exterior.

As a noun vibratiuncle is

a minuscule or slight vibration.

external

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Outside of something; on the exterior.
    • This building has some external pipework.
  • * Milton
    • Of all external things, / She [Fancy] forms imaginations, aery shapes.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Her virtues graced with external gifts.
  • Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.
  • * Trench
    • The external circumstances are greatly different.
  • Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations.
    • external''' trade or commerce; the '''external relations of a state or kingdom
  • (anatomy) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.

    • Antonyms

    * internal

    Related terms

    * externalization * externalize * externalism * externalist * externality

    External links

    * * * English words suffixed with -al

    vibratiuncle

    English

    Alternative forms

    * vibratiuncula * vibratiuncule

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A minuscule or slight vibration.
  • (specifically, historical) A minute vibration in brain tissue caused by the comparatively greater vibrations of the particles of the medullary substance of the nerves (formerly hypothesised to convey external impressions to the mind), corresponding to ideas of sensation and believed to account for memory.

    • Derived terms

    * vibratiunculation

    References