exterior

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Outer; external: the exterior door.
2. adj. Originating or acting from the outside: exterior influences on the negotiations.
3. adj. Suitable for use outside: an exterior paint.
4. n. A part or a surface that is outside: the exterior of the house.
5. n. An external or outward appearance: a friendly exterior.
6. n. A representation in visual art of the outdoors: The film includes some striking exteriors.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Situated or being outside; pertaining to or connected with that which is outside; outward; outlying; external: as, the exterior relations or possessions of a country; an exterior boundary or line of fortification. In mathematics applied to a position with reference to a surface in space such that from that position it would be possible to proceed by a continuous motion to infinity without crossing the surface. In like manner, on a surface a position is exterior to a contour if from that position it would be possible to move to the limit of the surface, or to infinity, without crossing the contour. Also, if a space, a surface, or a line be divided into three parts in such a manner that from the first it would not be possible to pass to the third without traversing the second, the first and third are said to be exterior to the second. Upon a closed surface, or curve, the term exterior can have only a modified meaning; the larger part is generally regarded as the exterior. When two lines are crossed by a third line eight angles are formed, and of these those that are outside of the space between the first two are termed exterior, although if another pair of the three lines is considered as the first pair other angles will be exterior.
2. Related to or connected with the outside; acting or originating from without; outwardly manifested or perceived; not intrinsic.
3. Consisting of or constituting the outer or visible part; outwardly observable; external; manifest.
4. Being on the outer side or outer part; of or pertaining to the outer surface, or to that surface as viewed from the outside: as, the exterior decorations of a church.
5. In botany, on the side away from the axis: same as anterior.
6. n. The outer surface or aspect; the outside; the external features: as, the exterior of a building; we can seldom judge a man by his exterior.
7. n. Outward or visible deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act: as, the exteriors of religion. Synonyms Surface, etc. See outside.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Relating to the outside parts or surface of something.
2. adj. Being from outside a country; foreign.
3. adj. Outdoors.
4. n. The outside part, parts or surface of something.
5. n. Foreign lands.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. External; outward; pertaining to that which is external; -- opposed to interior.
2. adj. External; on the outside; without the limits of; extrinsic.
3. adj. Relating to foreign nations; foreign.
4. n. The outward surface or part of a thing; that which is external; outside.
5. n. Outward or external deportment, form, or ceremony; visible act.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the region that is outside of something
2. n. the outer side or surface of something
3. adj. situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a building