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extrinsic

ADJ ที่ มาจาก ภายนอก  external extraneous outward intrinsic ti-ma-jak-pai-nok

 

extrinsic

ADJ ไม่จำเป็น  ไม่สำคัญ  inessential nonessential intrinsic mai-jam-pen

 

extrinsical

A เกี่ยวกับ ภายนอก  ที่ ไม่สำคัญ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXTRINSIC, EXTRINSICAL

a.[L. extrinsecus.] External; outward; not contained in or belonging to a body. Mere matter cannot move without the impulse of an extrinsic agent. It is opposed to intrinsic.

 

EXTRINSICALLY

adv. From without; externally.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXTRINSIC

Ex *trin "sic, a. Etym: [L. extrinsecus; exter on the outside + secus otherwise, beside; akin to E. second: cf. F. extrinsèque. See Exterior, Second. ]

 

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. (Anat. )

 

Defn: Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other partintrinsic.

 

EXTRINSICAL

EXTRINSICAL Ex *trin "sic *al, a.

 

Defn: Extrinsic. -- Ex *trin "sic *al *ly (#), adv.

 

EXTRINSICALITY; EXTRINSICALNESS

EXTRINSICALITY; EXTRINSICALNESS Ex *trin `si *cal "i *ty, Ex *trin "sic *al *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state or quality of being extrinsic.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

extrinsic

ex trin sic |ikˈstrinzik, -sik eksˈtrɪnzɪk | adjective not part of the essential nature of someone or something; coming or operating from outside: extrinsic factors that might affect time budgets | the idea that power is extrinsic to production and profits. (of a muscle, such as any of the eye muscles ) having its origin some distance from the part that it moves. DERIVATIVES ex trin si cal ly |-(ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense outward ): from late Latin extrinsecus outward, from Latin extrinsecus outwardly, based on exter outer ; the ending was altered under the influence of -ic .

 

Oxford Dictionary

extrinsic

extrinsic |ɪkˈstrɪnsɪk, ɛk- | adjective 1 not part of the essential nature of someone or something; coming or operating from outside: a complex interplay of extrinsic and intrinsic factors | reasons extrinsic to the music itself. 2 (of a muscle, such as an eye muscle ) having its origin some distance from the part which it moves. DERIVATIVES extrinsically adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense outward ): from late Latin extrinsecus outward , from Latin extrinsecus outwardly , based on exter outer ; the ending was altered under the influence of -ic .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

extrinsic

extrinsic adjective climate, geography, and other extrinsic factors: external, extraneous, exterior, outside, outward. ANTONYMS intrinsic.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

extrinsic

extrinsic adjective the animal population is influenced by extrinsic factors like food supply and predation: external, extraneous, exterior, outside, outward, alien, foreign, adventitious, superficial, surface. ANTONYMS intrinsic.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

extrinsic

ex trin sic /ekstrɪ́nsɪk /形容詞 かたく 1 «…にとって » 本質的でない, 付帯的な «to » ; 本質的関連のない (intrinsic )▸ questions extrinsic to the subject 主題の本質からはずれた問題 2 外部 (から )の, 外的な extrinsic aid 外部からの援助 ex tr n si cal ly /-k (ə )li /副詞