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Extrinsic
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic. The extrinsic aids of education and of artificial culture. I. Taylor.
2. Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other partintrinsic.