Dictionary Definition
outer adj
1 being on the outside or further from a center;
"spent hours adorning the outer man"; "the outer suburbs" [syn:
outer(a)]
[ant: inner(a)]
2 located outside; "outer reality"
3 being on or toward the outside of the body;
"the outer ear"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
outer- Outside; external.
- Further from the centre of the inside.
Translations
outside of something
- Czech: vnější
Translations to be checked
Noun
outer- An outer part.
- (wholesale
trade) the smallest single
unit normally sold to
retailers, usually
equal to one retail display box.
- We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each.
Translations
- Swedish: ytter
Derived terms
Extensive Definition
In general, the interior of something refers to
the space or part inside of it, excluding any kind of wall or
boundary around its outside. Commonly referenced interiors are
those of houses and cars. It has different, more specific
definitions in different contexts.
Geography
- British
Columbia Interior, commonly called "The Interior", the inland
areas of British Columbia, Canada, including but not limited to:
- The Interior Plateau, official name of the parts of British Columbia between the Coast Mountains and the Columbia Mountains and the Canadian Rockies, and south of the Interior Mountains
- The Columbia Plateau, Washington, USA, sometimes referred to as the "Interior Plateau"
- The Alaska Interior, a largely wilderness area, encompassing most of the state
- Interior Division, an administrative division of Sabah, east Malaysia, on the island of Borneo
- U.S. Interior Highlands, a mountainous region spanning eastern Oklahoma, western and northern Arkansas, southern Missouri, and the extreme southeast corner of Kansas
- Interior Plains, a vast physiographic region that spreads across the Laurentian craton of North America
Placenames
Mathematics
- For the set function used in topology, see interior (topology).
- See also interior angle
See also
outer in French: Intérieur
outer in Georgian: ინტერიერი
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
apparent, cortical, epidermic, exomorphic, exterior, external, extrinsic, fringe, open, out, outermost, outlying, outmost, outside, outstanding, outward, outward-facing,
peripheral, public, roundabout, seeming, superficial, surface