From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exterior
adj 1: situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a
building; "an exterior scene"; "exterior grade plywood";
"exterior paints" [ant: interior]
n 1: the region that is outside of something [syn: outside,
exterior] [ant: inside, interior]
2: the outer side or surface of something [syn: outside,
exterior] [ant: inside, interior]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Exterior \Ex*te"ri*or\, n.
1. The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is
external; outside.
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2. Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible
act; as, the exteriors of religion.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Exterior \Ex*te"ri*or\, a. [L. exterior, compar. of exter or
exterus on the outside, outward, foreign, strange, a compar.
fr. ex: cf. F. ext['e]rieur. See Ex-, and cf. Extreme,
Interior.]
1. 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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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.
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Without exterior help sustained. --Milton.
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3. 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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Note: See Illust. of Ravelin.
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