extrinsic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside

   Extrinsic evidence.

2. 2
   adj

   Not belonging to something; outside.

   1 Experimental set up for strength testing of the flexor hallucis muscle of the right foot To ensure accurate positioning of the hallux onto the load cell, and to minimise the influence of the extrinsic muscles of the foot (ankle plantarflexors and flexor hallucis longus) and the 2nd to 4th toes, a purpose-built wooden platform was constructed and positioned under the NWBB.

3. 3
   adj

   External; separable from the thing itself; inessential.

4. 4
   noun

   An external factor.

From French extrinsèque, from Latin extrinsecus (“from without, without, on the outside”), from *extrim, an assumed adverbial form of exter (“outer, outward”) + secus (“by, on the side”).

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