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. 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. 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. 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.
Ex*te"ri*or, n. 1.
The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external;
outside.
2. Outward or external deportment, form, or
ceremony; visible act; as, the exteriors of
religion.
