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Meaning of "extern" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EXTERN

From Latin externusexternal.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EXTERN

extern  [ˈɛkstɜːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXTERN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Extern is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EXTERN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

External variable

In the C programming language, an external variable is a variable defined outside any function block. On the other hand, a local variable is a variable defined inside a function block. As an alternative to automatic variables, it is possible to define variables that are external to all functions, that is, variables that can be accessed by name by any function. Because external variables are globally accessible, they can be used instead of argument lists to communicate data between functions. Furthermore, because external variables remain in existence permanently, rather than appearing and disappearing as functions are called and exited, they retain their values even after the functions that set them have returned. —The C Programming Language...

Definition of extern in the English dictionary

The definition of extern in the dictionary is a person, such as a physician at a hospital, who has an official connection with an institution but does not reside in it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXTERN


about-turn
əˌbaʊtˈtɜːn
altern
ɔːˈtɜːn
astern
əˈstɜːn
attorn
əˈtɜːn
downturn
ˈdaʊnˌtɜːn
externe
ˈɛkstɜːn
intern
ɪnˈtɜːn
interne
ˈɪntɜːn
morgenstern
ˈmɔːɡənˌstɜːn
nocturne
ˈnɒktɜːn
nonreturn
ˌnɒnrɪˈtɜːn
overturn
ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn
return
rɪˈtɜːn
Saturn
ˈsætɜːn
stern
stɜːn
Sterne
stɜːn
tern
tɜːn
terne
tɜːn
testern
ˈtestɜːn
turn
tɜːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXTERN

extermine
external
External Affairs
external auditor
external degree
external ear
external examiner
external relation
external respiration
external spline
external student
external trade
external-combustion engine
externalisation
externalism
externalist
externalities
externality
externalization
externalize

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXTERN

Chinese lantern
cistern
diffraction pattern
eastern
Far Eastern
herringbone pattern
holding pattern
Kaiserslautern
knitting pattern
lantern
Middle Eastern
Midwestern
northeastern
northwestern
pattern
sewing pattern
southeastern
southwestern
traffic pattern
western

Synonyms and antonyms of extern in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «extern» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXTERN

Find out the translation of extern to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of extern from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «extern» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

外置
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

extern
570 millions of speakers

English

extern
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

extern
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

EXTERN
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Наружные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

extern
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

extern
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

externe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Luar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

extern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

のextern
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

통근
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Extern
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ở ngoài
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

extern
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाह्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gündüzlü öğrenci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

extern
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Zewnętrzne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зовнішні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

extern
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

extern
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

eksterne
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

extern
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

extern
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of extern

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXTERN»

The term «extern» is very widely used and occupies the 18.395 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of extern
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «extern».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXTERN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «extern» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «extern» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about extern

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXTERN»

Discover the use of extern in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to extern and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Introduction to C++ Programming and Graphics
... through the header file drawplot3d globals.h: #ifndef DRAWPLOT3DGLOBALSH #define DRAWPLOT3DGLOBALSH extern float xmin, xmax; extern float ymin, ymax; extern float zmin, zmax; extern float vx, vy, vz; extern float twist; extern float ...
C. Pozrikidis, 2007
2
Ensuring Software Reliability
int sort() < extern char extern char extern char extern char extern char extern char extern char extern char extern char extern char extern char extern char extern char extern char extern char extern char extern char extern char extern char extern ...
Ann Marie Neufelder, 1992
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The Complete Verilog Book
EXTERN int acc_fetch_index PROTO_PARAMS((handle object_handle)); EXTERN double acc_fetch_itfarg PROTO_PARAMS((int n,handle tfinst)); EXTERN int acc_fetch_itfarg_int PROTO_PARAMS((int n,handle tfinst)); EXTERN char ...
Vivek Sagdeo, 1998
4
Cocoa in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference
A Desktop Quick Reference Michael Beam, James Davidson. File Type Attribute Keys Language-Dependent Date/Time Information extern NSString * NSWeekDayNameArray; extern NSString *NSShortWeekDayNameArray; extern NSString ...
Michael Beam, James Davidson, 2003
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MMIXware: A RISC Computer for the Third Millennium
(Subroutines 12 ) +5 extern octa zero_octa; /* zero_octa.h I zero_octa.l I 0 */ extern octa neg_one; /* neg_one.h I neg_one.l I —1 */ extern octa aux, val; /* auxiliary data */ extern bool overflow; /* flag set by signed multiplication and division ...
Donald E. Knuth, 1999
6
The Science of the Swastika
The first descriptions of the Extern Stones also identified them as the home of Irminsul, the great sacred column of the pagan Saxons chopped down by the order of Charlemagne in A.D. 772. The nearest city to the Extern Stones is Detmold, ...
Bernard Thomas Mees, 2008
7
The C# Programming Language (Covering C# 4.0)
Aliases. An extern-alias-directive introduces an identifier that serves as an alias for a namespace. The specification of the aliased namespace is external to the source code of the program and also applies to nested namespaces of the aliased ...
Anders Hejlsberg, Mads Torgersen, Scott Wiltamuth, 2010
8
Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus
DirectX and 2D Fundamentals extern FILE *fp_error; // general error file extern char error_f ilename[80) ; // error file name // notice that interface 4.0 is used on extern LPDIRECTDRAW7 Ipdd; extern LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE7 Ipddsprimary; ...
André LaMothe, 2002
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Optimal Operational Strategies for a Day-ahead Electricity ...
Deepal Rodrigo. double **xreal; int *gene; double *gen_cost; double *obj; int *ia; double *constr; } individual; typedef struct ind_lists { individual *ind; struct ind_lists *parent; struct ind_lists *child; } ind_list; extern int nreal; extern int nbin; extern ...
Deepal Rodrigo, 2007
10
C++ for Artists: The Art, Philosophy, and Science of ...
You will learn how to use the extern keyword to link functions written in C to your C++ programs, how to embed assembly code directly in a function, and how to incorporate previously developed assembly modules into your programs.
Rick Miller, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXTERN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term extern is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Poised to help B-CU go the next level
Petrock plans to partner with both entities to place students in intern/extern programs and also enhance the five-star hotelier's infrastructure by ... «Daytona Times, Jul 15»
2
Pisanelli Bice Welcomes Associate Dustun H. Holmes
His prior experience also includes serving as a judicial extern to the Honorable Donald M. Mosley in the Eighth Judicial District Court of ... «Nevada Business Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Cops told to take action against local goons
Local police stations have been asked to prepare proposals to extern such gangs involved in criminal activities and send them to the higher ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
4
Sport NI crisis: Who are the nine board members who've resigned?
He is also a board member of Extern. From 2002 to 2008 he was Director of Corporate Services with the NI Social Care Council. He is a ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
5
Why mornings are king for UNM Sandoval's Jamie Silva-Steele
Having worked her way up from a nurse extern with UNM Hospital in 1998 to interim COO of UNM SRMC in 2013, and finally president and ... «Albuquerque Business First, Jul 15»
6
FOCUS St. Louis® Announces New Hires and Promotion
She also served as Special Events Extern for the Saint Louis Zoo. She holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Olivet Nazarene ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»
7
Longtime physician Lewis dies at 93
Holsinger met the elder Lewis when Holsinger was an “extern” at Martinsville General Hospital between his sophomore and junior years in ... «Martinsville Bulletin, Jul 15»
8
Skröt på Facebook – utreds nu av polisen
... var på A1 i Leeds, säger han enligt SWNS. Kolla in Aftonbladet Bils nya Facebook-sida för fler nya bilnyheter. Obs extern länk. Brott England. «Aftonbladet, Jul 15»
9
Women's Bar Association offers scholarship
Candidates must live or work or participate in an intern/extern program in Will County, have completed one semester of Law School with a GPA ... «The Herald-News, Jul 15»
10
Cadem Law hires attorney
She also served as a Judicial Extern for Judge Mary Vasaly and represented parents in the child protection system through William Mitchell ... «Fergus Falls Daily Journal, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Extern [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/extern>. Apr 2024 ».
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