Hypertext Webster Gateway: "extrinsic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Extrinsic \Ex*trin"sic\, a. [L. extrinsecus; exter on the
outside + secus otherwise, beside; akin to E. second: cf. F.
extrins[`e]que. 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.) Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to
some other part? -- said of certain groups of muscles.
Opposed to intrinsic.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
extrinsic
adj : not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or
originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an
extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is
something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for
extrinsic aid" [ant: {intrinsic}]
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