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OUTER
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being on or toward the outside of the body
Example:
the outer ear
Classified under:
Similar:
external (happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface)
Domain category:
anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Being on the outside or further from a center
Example:
the outer suburbs
Classified under:
Similar:
out (outer or outlying)
outermost; outmost (situated at the farthest possible point from a center)
outside (on or toward an outer edge)
satellite (surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power)
Attribute:
position; spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated)
Antonym:
inner (located or occurring within or closer to a center)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Located outside
Example:
outer reality
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
outward (relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind)
Context examples:
As the planet on the outer rim, it takes 14 to 30 years to transit each sign’s constellation and 248 years to circle the Sun.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
It is caused by problems in both the inner ear and middle or outer ear.
(Mixed Conductive and Sensorineural Hearing Loss, NCI Thesaurus)
Studies of subglacial lakes may contain clues as to how microbial life might persist in the outer solar system, where ice-covered moons orbit the larger planets.
(Methane-eating bacteria in lake deep beneath Antarctic ice sheet may reduce greenhouse gas emissions, National Science Foundation)
“CLEAR the outer ring!” cried Jackson, standing up beside the ropes with a big silver watch in his hand.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The muscular outer layer of the uterus.
(Myometrium, NCI Dictionary)
Researchers can now show that Theia comes from the outer solar system, and it delivered large quantities of water to Earth.
(Moon’s Formation Brought Water to Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The outer part of the adrenal gland (a small organ on top of each kidney).
(Adrenal cortex, NCI Dictionary)
A fluid-filled sac in the outer layer of skin.
(Blister, NCI Dictionary)
When we are at home here, of an evening, and shut the outer door, and draw those curtains—which she made—where could we be more snug?
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
A small, round cell found in the lower part (or base) of the epidermis, the outer layer of the skin.
(Basal cell, NCI Dictionary)
