Dictionary Entry
extrinsic
extrinsic is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 20 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Not contained in or belonging to a body; external; outward; unessential; -- opposed to intrinsic.
- 2adjective
Attached partly to an organ or limb and partly to some other part/ -- said of certain groups of muscles. Opposed to intrinsic.
- 3adjective
not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside
"extrinsic evidence"
"an extrinsic feature of the new building"
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