extern.
A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate.
Meaning & usage
A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate.
A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate. A day-scholar.
Outward form or part; exterior.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French externe or its etymon Latin externus.
External; outward; not inherent
Where this word comes from
From Middle French externe or its etymon Latin externus.
In the C and C++ programming languages, a variable that can be separately declared in many places, all of them referring to the same variable.
Where this word comes from
Short for external; used as a keyword in these programming languages.
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