breathing
external respiration
respiration ventilation | the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation, the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation |
| external gill | occurs in some mollusks and in tadpoles and other immature amphibians |
auxiliary storage
external storage
secondary storage | a data storage device that is not the main memory of a computer |
Cockcroft and Walton accelerator
Cockcroft-Walton accelerator
Cockcroft and Walton voltage multiplier
Cockcroft-Walton voltage multiplier | a high-voltage machine in which rectifiers charge capacitors that discharge and drive charged particles through an accelerating tube |
| external drive | a drive with its own power supply and fan mounted outside the computer system enclosure and connected to the computer by a cable |
potential divider
voltage divider | resistors connected in series across a voltage source, used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage |
| voltage regulator | a transformer whose voltage ratio of transformation can be adjusted |
| voltage drop | a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing |
| external body part | any body part visible externally |
auditory meatus
acoustic meatus
ear canal
auditory canal
external auditory canal | either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane |
| external organ | an organ that is situated on or near the surface of the body |
external ear
outer ear | the part of the ear visible externally |
external carotid artery
external carotid | the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the face and tongue and external parts of the head |
facial artery
arteria facialis
external maxillary artery | an artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face |
| external iliac artery | the outer branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body, becomes the femoral artery |
external nasal vein
vena nasalis externa | one of the veins that drain the external nose and empty into the angular or facial vein |
| external iliac vein | a continuation of the femoral vein, unites with the internal iliac vein to form the common iliac vein |
| external jugular vein | formed by the junction of the posterior auricular and the retromandibular veins, empties into the subclavian vein |
urethral orifice
external orifice | the orifice through which urine is discharged |
external oblique muscle
musculus obliquus externus abdominis
abdominal external oblique muscle
oblique | a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso |
| external | outward features, he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion |
electric potential
potential
potential difference
potential drop
voltage | the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts |
voltage electromotive force
emf | the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit, expressed in volts |
exterior angle
external angle | the supplement of an interior angle of a polygon |
high-octane
high-powered
high-power
high-voltage
high-energy | vigorously energetic or forceful, a high-octane sales manager, a high-octane marketing plan, high-powered executives, a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur |
| external | happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface, the external auditory canal, external pressures |
| external | purely outward or superficial, external composure, an external concern for reputation- A.R.Gurney,Jr. |
external
international
outside(a) | from or between other countries, external commerce, international trade, developing nations need outside help |
external
extraneous outside | coming from the outside, extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph, relying upon an extraneous income, disdaining outside pressure groups |
high-voltage
high-potential | operating on or powered by a high voltage, a high-voltage generator |
low-tension
low-voltage | subjected to or capable of operating under relative low voltage |