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   Exterior, a. [L. exterior, compar. of exter or exterus on the outside, outward, foreign, strange, a compar. fr. ex: cf. F. extérieur. See Ex-, and cf. Extreme, Interior.]
   External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.
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   Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man
   Resemble that it was.
   Shak.
   
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   External; on the outside; without the limits of; extrinsic; as, an object exterior to a man, opposed to what is within, or in his mind.
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   Without exterior help sustained.
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   Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom.
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   Exterior angle (Geom.), the angle included between any side of a triangle or polygon and the prolongation of the adjacent side; also, an angle included between a line crossing two parallel lines and either of the latter on the outside. -- Exterior side (Fort.), the side of the polygon upon which a front of fortification is formed.
   Wilhelm.
   
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   See Illust. of Ravelin.
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   Exterior, n.
   The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.
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   Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors of religion.
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