Hypertext Webster Gateway: "extraneous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Extraneous \Ex*tra"ne*ous\, a. [L. extraneus, from extra. See
{Extra-}, {Strange}.]
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or
beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to
separate gold from extraneous matter.
Nothing is admitted extraneous from the indictment.
--Landor.
-- {Ex*tra"ne*ous*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
extraneous
adj 1: not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue
extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial";
"mentioned several impertinent facts before finally
coming to the point" [syn: {immaterial}, {impertinent}]
2: not essential; "the ballet struck me as extraneous and
somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"
3: not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced
from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter";
"foreign particles in milk" [syn: {foreign}]
4: coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera
spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous
income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups" [syn: {external},
{outside}]
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