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Definition of exterior in English: exterioradjective ɛkˈstɪərɪəɪkˈstɪərɪəˌɪkˈstɪriər 1Forming, situated on, or relating to the outside of something. exterior and interior walls Example sentencesExamples - Cllr Moore said that a lot of the recently built housing in the town had electrical problems, interior and exterior decoration problems, and rubbish problems.
- Galvanized sheet metal was chosen for the exterior walls and roof because of its economy and durability.
- Dismantlers are always a good source of interior and exterior trim (though bumpers are often the first thing to go in an accident).
- A gray window pane in the image on the far left defines the boundary between interior and exterior space.
- All cracks on both interior and exterior surfaces must be filled.
- Floors, walls and ceilings are decorated in both interior and exterior spaces.
- Stained glass decor is commonly used by architects and interior decorators on exterior windows, wall spaces and entry ways.
- The ends of the building, without double glass walls, are shaded by an exterior metal mesh.
- Rigid foam panels can be used to insulate both interior and exterior walls.
- Folded planes and porous, exterior materials like perforated metal are the norm these days.
- On offer is a high standard of interior and exterior finish.
- Overall, it is packed with interior and exterior features to boost comfort, safety and security, so full marks there, too.
- If a window leaks water, interior finishes or exterior wall materials can be damaged.
- Is there space at the joint between the frame and the interior and exterior walls of the house?
- The exterior metal gates at Hennessy Centre, which houses the Mitsukoshi department store, were halfway down before the march started.
- These are assigned to exterior and interior walls.
- The couple who owns the Colorado house selected moss rock from Wyoming for the exterior and interior walls.
- Of course, it turned freakishly sunny, pumping the contrast between interior and exterior light too high.
- As you can see from the photo below the walls survive and are covered in ivy, while what would have been the interior is now an exterior park area, a nice and quiet place to sit.
- Sava Haralanov and Mincho Nikiforov's paintings depict the interior and exterior facets of a working family atmosphere.
Synonyms outer, outside, outermost, outward, external, surface, superficial, extrinsic, visible - 1.1 Coming from outside.
Example sentencesExamples - Exterior noise sources abound, with the most common being aircraft and traffic.
- Assuming the case blocks 8dB, that will leave us with an exterior noise level of 44dBA adjacent to the case.
- Both rooms can also be cooled with a fan from outside once exterior temperatures are low enough.
- With regard to exterior noise, the codes usually require measurement of the exterior acoustic environment in order to determine the performance standard.
- For these, designs are carved on the outside and special exterior lighting is used to illuminate them.
- 1.2 (in filming) outdoor.
Example sentencesExamples - It is really the exterior shots and fight sequences which give the film its scope and grandeur.
- The series shoots interiors at studios in Canada, but allows for exterior sequences to be filmed on location in Los Angeles.
- Two further weeks were spent on an exterior set, built into the ruins of a castle outside Prague, where the streets of London were constructed.
- Because so much of the movie is set on one exterior location, the texture of the color is a key character in the film.
- According to Liu, the second and third phases of construction will focus on the subsequent stages of film processing and exterior shooting.
- Except for some exterior shots done in Washington, the film was shot entirely at Columbia studios.
- From that episode on, no actors are seen in exterior shots, which remained on the show only to establish where the scene took place before they came to a shot of the indoor set.
- Filmed in Alberta and Colorado, every exterior shot portrays the mercilessness of winter in the high mountains.
- So there is an overall colour-coding characteristic that is certainly true of all the exterior shots of the film.
- All of the exterior scenes were filmed in the middle of the night and I was barefoot.
Synonyms open air, out-of-doors, outside, external
noun ɛkˈstɪərɪəɪkˈstɪərɪəˌɪkˈstɪriər 1The outer surface or structure of something. a jar with floral designs on the exterior Example sentencesExamples - In fact, wrapped around all four sides of the exterior is an interactive communication surface.
- An end-box on each side of the turret exterior held a prism-type mirror.
- The design of its exterior is leaner and is found to be more agile looking comprising of large wheels that enhances the vehicle's powerful and capable stance.
- They came in a basket, wrapped in a piece of cloth, still warm, made of the lightest dough, with the crispiest exterior coated in the best cinnamon sugar ever.
- To emphasize the sculptural, three-dimensional aspect, he started playing with the surface texture of the exterior and the uneven forms of the cow.
- The exterior of the bacterial membrane was assembled by replication of a single LPS molecule and a single phospholipid molecule.
- A long line of cars came into view, chrome exteriors reflecting the surface of the world around them.
- He decorates the exterior with an airbrushed design that Kayla creates.
- Coming their way is the advanced lightweight coupé, a two-plus-two car with purposeful and seductive exteriors that take Jaguar design firmly into this new century.
- Even more than the exterior, its design is almost subdued and definitely refined, more like a luxury car than a truck.
- Think of heavy metals infused with pigment and sheen like the patina of rich auto exteriors and you've nailed the right color for your next manicure.
- Brush exterior with surface conditioner and let air dry.
- The car industry must continue to improve the way that car exteriors are designed, in order to reduce pedestrian injuries in a car accident.
- I also had a warm roll which was suitably soft inside a crusty exterior.
- The catalytic domain faces the exterior of the plasma membrane and is anchored by a transmembrane-spanning domain.
- Make sure that both the interior and exterior look as close to standard as is possible, as even the smallest modification can alienate potential takers.
- But the appliances have for the most part merely changed their exteriors and veneers without huge leaps into creative realms.
- Muddy trainer prints stained the polished floorboards, marring their flawless exterior like blood seeping over a white surface.
- For elbow pads I suggest any elbow pad with a hard plastic exterior if the surface you play on it very rough.
Synonyms surface, lamination, overlay, facing, covering, coat, finish, finishing coat, layer, decorative layer, protective layer, cladding - 1.1 The outer structure of a building.
the museum has a modern exterior Example sentencesExamples - Inside the hard exterior of ice floats a memory of intricate Victorian-style furniture made of snow.
- The design of the exterior is simple and in some respects traditional but the lines are clean and fresh.
- Arranging for placement on building exteriors or roofs was either impossible or would have added to the implementation time.
- Many data centers and telecom building exteriors and lobbies, for instance, are blast-proof with ballistic glazing up to 30 feet high.
- Keiko took Kakeru, and led him to the door leading to the exterior of the building.
- The detailed appearance of the exterior was designed to maintain the precise circular geometry of the plan.
- It will also cover the cost of finishing off the exterior of the building.
- As her mother pulled up into the parking lot, Ekat looked out through the window and saw the exterior of the building.
- The bank building has a windowless exterior, with wide glass entrance doors.
- Several facets of the glass exterior reveal crisscrossing structural trusses, and parts of the outside are sheathed in copper.
- The rustic qualities of the exterior disappear inside the house.
- Such uncomplicated exteriors reduce the amount of exposed surface area on each house to cut heating, cooling and construction costs.
- The building is a simple glass tower with an unusual feature: Its exterior is designed to serve as a screen for a nightly light show.
- Although the baroque building, which was built in 1907, was recently refurbished inside, the exterior is repeatedly covered in graffiti and overrun with litter.
- There was no scope whatsoever for picturesque massing or sculptural effects, making the design of the exterior essentially an exercise in cladding.
- The wood and native stone of the exterior continue inside, helping the house become a part of its rugged ridge-top site.
- There are three slightly varied floor plans to choose from, but all of the houses are the same size and have aluminum siding exteriors in yellow, gray, blue, and white.
- Hand cut, creamy inside with the crisp exterior of the genuine twice-fried article; these were a dream.
- The exterior is a protected structure but inside had to be gutted.
- The exquisite interior matches what the exterior promises with its carved arches and high cupolas.
Synonyms outside, outside surface, outer surface, external surface, outward appearance, outward aspect, externals, facade, front shell, skin, covering, coating, finish - 1.2 A person's behaviour and demeanour, especially when at variance with their true character.
beneath that assured exterior, she's vulnerable Example sentencesExamples - I have found that beneath their sometimes hard exteriors, the Czechs are in fact very tender, social and personable folks who care deeply about their friends and family.
- He looks more fragile suddenly, as if beneath the neatly handsome exterior, the confident demeanour, glimpses of a private self have been revealed.
- She stands just five feet tall, but her dainty exterior belies the inner determination that has erupted through the surface of her ill-health.
- But the boy is still visible beneath the hirsute exterior.
- Beneath his pleasant exterior, there is a hard edge to his personality and a ruthless side to his captaincy.
- I know that the true essence of a person is more than their exterior.
- I smiled, glad to see that beneath his gruff exterior, dwelt a real person who appreciated good literature.
- I did, and the intensity of his reply served as ample proof that this chap has a fierce patriotism coursing beneath the quiet exterior.
- Just beneath his gruff exterior lies a gentle soul seeking to fill a spiritual void with companionship.
- The secrets and lies that hide behind Rhoda's perfect exterior seem to characterize her society as a whole.
- While the home videos continued to show the same old smiling Mamdouh, beneath the happy exterior was a man under mounting pressure.
- Despite his smooth exterior, the arrogant person is, ironically, restrained and inhibited from expressing his true self.
- He gave off the aura of a bad-boy but underneath the tough exterior was sweet and understanding… qualities he had shown me.
- In actual fact, beneath our placid exteriors, both of us were frantically trying to dream up an improvised line which could break the deadlock.
- To call him a character would be an understatement, but beneath the eccentric exterior lurked a diver with levels of discipline and skill I have rarely seen on my travels.
- And yet beneath the mellow exterior lies a fiercely independent, and at times disputatious, thinker.
- As vice-captain Rahul Dravid says, beneath the happy-go-lucky exterior is a mind that is defiant and determined.
- Strangers may think of you as aloof and arrogant; only those closest to you know that beneath your snippy exterior lies a core of red hot rage.
- Attend closely to him; he is vastly experienced, and beneath his frivolous exterior beats a heart as true as it is misplaced.
- Beneath his military exterior, a gentler character had lurked, who loved music, painting and poetry and who knitted socks while under German fire.
Synonyms image, face, public face, character, personality, identity, self, front, facade, mask, guise, role, part - 1.3 (in filming) an outdoor scene.
an ideal spot to film exteriors Example sentencesExamples - Interiors were shot in Hollywood and exteriors in England with filming wrapping up by mid-July 1964.
- With the weather improving, the exteriors were filmed in the fields around the Buckinghamshire studios.
- The political situation at that time precluded filming the exteriors on real South-East Asian locations, and the studio jungle looks unconvincing.
- And I directed the exteriors and street scenes.
- Griffith made me realize something else: I was wondering how to film the exteriors, i.e. how to insert the characters into the scenery.
Derivatives noun ɪkstɪərɪˈɒrɪtiɛkstɪərɪˈɒrɪti And I've got to do some thinking about the ties between this and notions of the visible and invisible, interiority / exteriority, us/other. Example sentencesExamples - I think jazz performance involves imagining a kind of exteriority, being receptive to what is acoustically ‘out there’ in every sense.
- And Ariane also talks about maximum interiority combined with maximum exteriority in the actors.
- Marxism is Jameson's privileged hermeneutic by virtue of its breadth and its resolute exteriority to postmodernism.
- The nation at the end of history is a signifying space without margins, and without exteriority, a homogenous domain of the same.
adverb ɪkˈstɪərɪəliɛkˈstɪərɪəli An exteriorly accessible rotatable member is associated with the one-way clutch mechanism for selectively deactivating the one-way clutch mechanism to prevent movement of the inner casing in the second direction. Example sentencesExamples - Its anterior siphonal notch is shallow and not adjacent to the columella, and its two nearly parallel folds strengthen within the aperture and are less visible exteriorly.
- Jim waited while the room cleared out, forcing himself to remain exteriorly calm as Lee Brackett stood and turned, seeing Jim sitting there.
- As he was buried exteriorly we must be buried interiorly.
- The lateral ends of the first primibrachials and first and second secundibrachials are in contact but moderately inset from the exteriorly convex medial part of the plates.
Origin Early 16th century: from Latin, comparative of exter 'outer'. extreme from Late Middle English: This comes via Old French from Latin extremus, literally ‘outermost’, the superlative of exterus ‘outer’ source of exterior (early 16th century).
Rhymes Algeria, anterior, bacteria, Bashkiria, cafeteria, criteria, cryptomeria, diphtheria, hysteria, Iberia, inferior, interior, Liberia, listeria, Nigeria, posterior, Siberia, superior, ulterior, wisteria Definition of exterior in US English: exterioradjectiveˌikˈstirēərˌɪkˈstɪriər 1Forming, situated on, or relating to the outside of something. exterior and interior walls Example sentencesExamples - The exterior metal gates at Hennessy Centre, which houses the Mitsukoshi department store, were halfway down before the march started.
- Floors, walls and ceilings are decorated in both interior and exterior spaces.
- Cllr Moore said that a lot of the recently built housing in the town had electrical problems, interior and exterior decoration problems, and rubbish problems.
- Is there space at the joint between the frame and the interior and exterior walls of the house?
- On offer is a high standard of interior and exterior finish.
- Of course, it turned freakishly sunny, pumping the contrast between interior and exterior light too high.
- Folded planes and porous, exterior materials like perforated metal are the norm these days.
- Rigid foam panels can be used to insulate both interior and exterior walls.
- Sava Haralanov and Mincho Nikiforov's paintings depict the interior and exterior facets of a working family atmosphere.
- Stained glass decor is commonly used by architects and interior decorators on exterior windows, wall spaces and entry ways.
- As you can see from the photo below the walls survive and are covered in ivy, while what would have been the interior is now an exterior park area, a nice and quiet place to sit.
- Galvanized sheet metal was chosen for the exterior walls and roof because of its economy and durability.
- The couple who owns the Colorado house selected moss rock from Wyoming for the exterior and interior walls.
- A gray window pane in the image on the far left defines the boundary between interior and exterior space.
- The ends of the building, without double glass walls, are shaded by an exterior metal mesh.
- All cracks on both interior and exterior surfaces must be filled.
- Overall, it is packed with interior and exterior features to boost comfort, safety and security, so full marks there, too.
- These are assigned to exterior and interior walls.
- Dismantlers are always a good source of interior and exterior trim (though bumpers are often the first thing to go in an accident).
- If a window leaks water, interior finishes or exterior wall materials can be damaged.
Synonyms outer, outside, outermost, outward, external, surface, superficial, extrinsic, visible - 1.1 Coming from outside.
Example sentencesExamples - Both rooms can also be cooled with a fan from outside once exterior temperatures are low enough.
- Exterior noise sources abound, with the most common being aircraft and traffic.
- With regard to exterior noise, the codes usually require measurement of the exterior acoustic environment in order to determine the performance standard.
- Assuming the case blocks 8dB, that will leave us with an exterior noise level of 44dBA adjacent to the case.
- For these, designs are carved on the outside and special exterior lighting is used to illuminate them.
- 1.2 (in filming) outdoor.
Example sentencesExamples - So there is an overall colour-coding characteristic that is certainly true of all the exterior shots of the film.
- Two further weeks were spent on an exterior set, built into the ruins of a castle outside Prague, where the streets of London were constructed.
- Except for some exterior shots done in Washington, the film was shot entirely at Columbia studios.
- All of the exterior scenes were filmed in the middle of the night and I was barefoot.
- Filmed in Alberta and Colorado, every exterior shot portrays the mercilessness of winter in the high mountains.
- It is really the exterior shots and fight sequences which give the film its scope and grandeur.
- From that episode on, no actors are seen in exterior shots, which remained on the show only to establish where the scene took place before they came to a shot of the indoor set.
- Because so much of the movie is set on one exterior location, the texture of the color is a key character in the film.
- According to Liu, the second and third phases of construction will focus on the subsequent stages of film processing and exterior shooting.
- The series shoots interiors at studios in Canada, but allows for exterior sequences to be filmed on location in Los Angeles.
Synonyms open air, out-of-doors, outside, external
nounˌikˈstirēərˌɪkˈstɪriər 1The outer surface or structure of something. a jar with floral designs on the exterior Example sentencesExamples - They came in a basket, wrapped in a piece of cloth, still warm, made of the lightest dough, with the crispiest exterior coated in the best cinnamon sugar ever.
- Even more than the exterior, its design is almost subdued and definitely refined, more like a luxury car than a truck.
- The car industry must continue to improve the way that car exteriors are designed, in order to reduce pedestrian injuries in a car accident.
- The exterior of the bacterial membrane was assembled by replication of a single LPS molecule and a single phospholipid molecule.
- In fact, wrapped around all four sides of the exterior is an interactive communication surface.
- Brush exterior with surface conditioner and let air dry.
- Muddy trainer prints stained the polished floorboards, marring their flawless exterior like blood seeping over a white surface.
- To emphasize the sculptural, three-dimensional aspect, he started playing with the surface texture of the exterior and the uneven forms of the cow.
- A long line of cars came into view, chrome exteriors reflecting the surface of the world around them.
- An end-box on each side of the turret exterior held a prism-type mirror.
- I also had a warm roll which was suitably soft inside a crusty exterior.
- Coming their way is the advanced lightweight coupé, a two-plus-two car with purposeful and seductive exteriors that take Jaguar design firmly into this new century.
- Think of heavy metals infused with pigment and sheen like the patina of rich auto exteriors and you've nailed the right color for your next manicure.
- Make sure that both the interior and exterior look as close to standard as is possible, as even the smallest modification can alienate potential takers.
- The design of its exterior is leaner and is found to be more agile looking comprising of large wheels that enhances the vehicle's powerful and capable stance.
- For elbow pads I suggest any elbow pad with a hard plastic exterior if the surface you play on it very rough.
- But the appliances have for the most part merely changed their exteriors and veneers without huge leaps into creative realms.
- He decorates the exterior with an airbrushed design that Kayla creates.
- The catalytic domain faces the exterior of the plasma membrane and is anchored by a transmembrane-spanning domain.
Synonyms surface, lamination, overlay, facing, covering, coat, finish, finishing coat, layer, decorative layer, protective layer, cladding - 1.1 The outer structure of a building.
the museum has a modern exterior Example sentencesExamples - Arranging for placement on building exteriors or roofs was either impossible or would have added to the implementation time.
- The detailed appearance of the exterior was designed to maintain the precise circular geometry of the plan.
- It will also cover the cost of finishing off the exterior of the building.
- There was no scope whatsoever for picturesque massing or sculptural effects, making the design of the exterior essentially an exercise in cladding.
- The rustic qualities of the exterior disappear inside the house.
- The exterior is a protected structure but inside had to be gutted.
- Several facets of the glass exterior reveal crisscrossing structural trusses, and parts of the outside are sheathed in copper.
- The building is a simple glass tower with an unusual feature: Its exterior is designed to serve as a screen for a nightly light show.
- There are three slightly varied floor plans to choose from, but all of the houses are the same size and have aluminum siding exteriors in yellow, gray, blue, and white.
- The wood and native stone of the exterior continue inside, helping the house become a part of its rugged ridge-top site.
- Hand cut, creamy inside with the crisp exterior of the genuine twice-fried article; these were a dream.
- The design of the exterior is simple and in some respects traditional but the lines are clean and fresh.
- Such uncomplicated exteriors reduce the amount of exposed surface area on each house to cut heating, cooling and construction costs.
- Many data centers and telecom building exteriors and lobbies, for instance, are blast-proof with ballistic glazing up to 30 feet high.
- As her mother pulled up into the parking lot, Ekat looked out through the window and saw the exterior of the building.
- Although the baroque building, which was built in 1907, was recently refurbished inside, the exterior is repeatedly covered in graffiti and overrun with litter.
- The exquisite interior matches what the exterior promises with its carved arches and high cupolas.
- Keiko took Kakeru, and led him to the door leading to the exterior of the building.
- Inside the hard exterior of ice floats a memory of intricate Victorian-style furniture made of snow.
- The bank building has a windowless exterior, with wide glass entrance doors.
Synonyms outside, outside surface, outer surface, external surface, outward appearance, outward aspect, externals, facade, front - 1.2 A person's behavior and appearance, often contrasted with their true character.
beneath that assured exterior, she's vulnerable Example sentencesExamples - In actual fact, beneath our placid exteriors, both of us were frantically trying to dream up an improvised line which could break the deadlock.
- While the home videos continued to show the same old smiling Mamdouh, beneath the happy exterior was a man under mounting pressure.
- Beneath his pleasant exterior, there is a hard edge to his personality and a ruthless side to his captaincy.
- She stands just five feet tall, but her dainty exterior belies the inner determination that has erupted through the surface of her ill-health.
- The secrets and lies that hide behind Rhoda's perfect exterior seem to characterize her society as a whole.
- I have found that beneath their sometimes hard exteriors, the Czechs are in fact very tender, social and personable folks who care deeply about their friends and family.
- Beneath his military exterior, a gentler character had lurked, who loved music, painting and poetry and who knitted socks while under German fire.
- Despite his smooth exterior, the arrogant person is, ironically, restrained and inhibited from expressing his true self.
- To call him a character would be an understatement, but beneath the eccentric exterior lurked a diver with levels of discipline and skill I have rarely seen on my travels.
- I know that the true essence of a person is more than their exterior.
- But the boy is still visible beneath the hirsute exterior.
- I did, and the intensity of his reply served as ample proof that this chap has a fierce patriotism coursing beneath the quiet exterior.
- Just beneath his gruff exterior lies a gentle soul seeking to fill a spiritual void with companionship.
- He gave off the aura of a bad-boy but underneath the tough exterior was sweet and understanding… qualities he had shown me.
- As vice-captain Rahul Dravid says, beneath the happy-go-lucky exterior is a mind that is defiant and determined.
- Strangers may think of you as aloof and arrogant; only those closest to you know that beneath your snippy exterior lies a core of red hot rage.
- And yet beneath the mellow exterior lies a fiercely independent, and at times disputatious, thinker.
- He looks more fragile suddenly, as if beneath the neatly handsome exterior, the confident demeanour, glimpses of a private self have been revealed.
- I smiled, glad to see that beneath his gruff exterior, dwelt a real person who appreciated good literature.
- Attend closely to him; he is vastly experienced, and beneath his frivolous exterior beats a heart as true as it is misplaced.
Synonyms image, face, public face, character, personality, identity, self, front, facade, mask, guise, role, part - 1.3 (in filming) an outdoor scene.
Example sentencesExamples - The political situation at that time precluded filming the exteriors on real South-East Asian locations, and the studio jungle looks unconvincing.
- And I directed the exteriors and street scenes.
- With the weather improving, the exteriors were filmed in the fields around the Buckinghamshire studios.
- Interiors were shot in Hollywood and exteriors in England with filming wrapping up by mid-July 1964.
- Griffith made me realize something else: I was wondering how to film the exteriors, i.e. how to insert the characters into the scenery.
Origin Early 16th century: from Latin, comparative of exter ‘outer’. |