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Webster 1913 Edition


Externality

Exˊter-nal′i-ty

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Noun.
State of being external; exteriority
;
(Metaph.)
separation from the perceiving mind.
Pressure or resistance necessarily supposes
externality
in the thing which presses or resists.
A. Smith.

Webster 1828 Edition


Externality

EXTERNAL'ITY

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Noun.
External perception.