Adjective: extrinsic ik'strin-sik or ek'strin-sik
- Not forming an essential part of a thing, arising or originating from the outside
"that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid"; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"
See also: adscititious, adventitious, alien, external, extraneous, foreign, inessential, outside, unessential
Antonym: intrinsic
Encyclopedia: Extrinsic