Definition for EX-TRIN'SIC, or EX-TRIN'SIC-AL

EX-TRIN'SIC, or EX-TRIN'SIC-AL, a. [L. extrinsecus.]

External; outward; not contained in or belonging to a body. Mere matter can not move without the impulse of an extrinsic agent. It is opposed to intrinsic.

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