EXTERIOR

exterior. Exterior, a. outward, eEternal, foreign

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Ex‐te″ri‐or, 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.]] 1. 1. External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; — opposed to interior; as, the exterior part of a sphere.
Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man Resemble that it was. Shak. 2. 2. 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.
Without exterior help sustained. Milton. 3. 3. Relating to foreign nations; foreign; as, the exterior relations of a state or kingdom.
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. See Illust. of Ravelin.