extraneity 
Ready to he drawn forth by the action of that very ex- 
tra-natty called " sun." 
London Spectator, quoted in Library Mag., July 10, 1886, 
[p. 2491. 
extraneous (eks-tra'ne-us), a. [< L. extraneus, 
that is without, external, strange, foreign, < ex- 
tra, outside, without : see extra. Cf. estrange, 
strange, from the same source.] Not belong- 
ing or proper to a thing ; not intrinsic or essen- 
tial, though attached ; foreign : as, to separate 
gold from extraneous matter ; extraneous orna- 
ments or observances. 
Relation is not contained in the real existence of things, 
but is something extraneous and superinduced. Locke. 
To men of Mr. Deane's stamp, what goes on among the 
young people is as extraneous to the real business of life 
as what goes on among the birds and butterflies. 
Oeorge Eliot, Mill on the Floss, vi. 8. 
Extraneous factor, in math. , a factor which an invariant 
or reciprocant assumes upon linear transformation, and 
which depends on that transformation only. Extraneous 
modulation, in music, a modulation into a distant or un- 
related key. =Syn. See exterior. 
extraneously (eks-tra'ne-us-li), adv. In an ex- 
traneous manner ; from 'without. 
By their being extraneously overruled. 
'Law, Theory of Eeligion, ill. 
extranuclear (eks-tra-nu'kle-ar), a. [< L. ex- 
tra, outside, + nucleus, q. v., -t- -aH*.] Situated 
outside the nucleus of a cell. 
He [Sedgwick] . . . demonstrated the continuity of the 
fxtranuclear and intranuclear networks. 
Micros. Science, XXVIII. 97. 
extra-ocular (eks-trii-ok'u-lar), a. Situated 
outside of or away from the eyes: in entom., 
said of antennae which are distant from or be- 
hind the compound eyes. 
extra-official (eks"trii-o-fish'al), a. Not being 
within the limits of official duty, rights, etc. 
The various extm-ojficial fees not only bring our consu- 
lates into disrepute abroad, . . . but they have had at 
home a deleterious and debauching influence upon public 
opinion. E. Schuyler, Amer. Diplomacy, p. 91. 
extraordinarily (eks-tr6r'- or eks-tra-6r'di-na- 
ri-li), adv. 1. In an extraordinary manner; in 
an uncommon degree ; remarkably ; eminently. 
For I begin to forget all my hate, 
And tak't unkindly that mine enemy 
Should use me so extraordinarily scurvily. 
Beau, and PL, Maid's Tragedy, iv. 
2. Not in the ordinary or common way ; in a 
peculiar manner ; specially. 
The olive-green light ... is composed of ordinarily re- 
fracted rays, which vibrate at right angles, and of extra- 
ordinarily refracted rays, which vibrate parallel to the 
axis. Lommel, Light (trans.), p. 313. 
extraordinariness (eks-trdr'- or eks-tra-6r'di- 
na-ri-nes), n. The character of being extraor- 
dinary ; uncommonness ; remarkableuess. 
I chuse some few, either for the extraordinariness of 
fheir guilt or, etc. Government of the Totujue. 
He had a strange persuasion in his mind . . . that there 
was bestowed on him the gift of curing the king's evil ; 
which, for the extraordinariness of it, he thought fit to 
conceal for some time. Wood, Athense Oxon. 
extraordinary (eks-tror'- or eks-tra-dr'di-na- 
ri), a. and n. [= F. extraordinaire ='Pr. extra- 
ordinari = Sp. Pg. extraordinario = It. estraor- 
dinario,straordinario, < L. extraordinarily, out 
of the common order, rare, extraordinary, < ex- 
tra, beyond, + ordo (ordin-), order, rule (> or- 
dinarius, ordinary) : see order, ordinary.'] I. a. 
1. Being beyond or out of the common order or 
rule ; not of the usual, customary, or regular 
kind ; not ordinary : as, extraordinary evils re- 
quire extraordinary remedies. 
In extraordinary distresses, we pray for extraordinary 
reliefs. Donne, Sermons, v. 
All good things for mans sustenance may with . . . 
facility be had by a little extraordinary labour. 
Capt. John Smith, True Travels, II. 191. 
Extraordinary expenses should be sanctioned both by 
the assembly and the separate assemblies or estates of the 
duchies. Woolxey, Introd. to Inter. Law, App. ii., p. 428. 
It is an extraordinary fact that the Old Testament He- 
brews, though not wholly without the idea of existence 
after death, had yet no distinct idea of future reward and 
punishment. J. Hadley, Essays, p. 378. 
2. Not pertaining to a regular system or se- 
quence; exceptional; special: as, an extraor- 
dinary courier or messenger; an ambassador 
extraordinary; the extraordinary jurisdiction of 
a court ; a gazette extraordinary. 
Souldiers of another country that come to serve for 
paye : extraordinarie souldiers. Nomenclator. 
At supper the pilgrim is first served with a dish extra- 
ordinary, and afterwards the guardian, which is carried 
to none of the rest. 
Pocockt, Description of the East, II. i. 12. 
3. In universities, relating to studies outside of 
the regular curriculum, or to lectures not rec- 
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pguized by the university as of the first rank of 
importance. In the middle ages ordinary lectures were 
so called because their subjects, Conns, times, and places 
were fixed by the faculty or nation, while those of the 
extraordinary lectures were within certain limits left to 
the will of the lecturer. The extraordinary lectures could 
only be given at times not occupied by ordinary lectures. 
They treated of every subject except logic, theology, law, 
and medicine. 
4. Exceeding the common degree or measure ; 
hence, remarkable ; uncommon ; rare ; wonder- 
ful : as, the extraordinary genius of Shakspere ; 
an edifice of extraordinary grandeur Envoy ex- 
traordinary and minister plenipotentiary. See en- 
voyz. Extraordinary care, in fair, the utmost or high- 
est degree of care. See negligence. Extraordinary ray, 
in optics. See refraction. 
The vibrations of the extraordinary ray are in the plane 
of the principal plane of cleavage itself. 
Lommel, Light (trans.), p. 298. 
= Syn. Unusual, singular, extra, unwonted, signal, egre- 
gious, marvelous, prodigious, strange, preposterous. 
II. . ; pi. extraordinaries (-riz). 1. Anything 
uncommon or unusual ; a thing exceeding the 
usual order, practice, or method. [Bare.] 
Their extraordinary did consist especially in the matter 
of prayers and devotion ; for that was eminent in them. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 643. 
All the extraordinaries in the world, which fall out by 
no steady rules and causes, I style prodigies preternatural. 
J. Spencer, Prodigies. 
2f. An express messenger or courier. 
Since we came to this town, there arrived an extraordi- 
nary from Spain. Donne, Letters, Ixviii. 
3f. Extra expense or indulgence. 
I attended him also with the note of your extraordina- 
ries, wherein I find him something difficult and dilatory 
yet. Uowell, Letters, I. vi. 8. 
4. In the British service, an allowance to troops 
beyond the gross pay, such as the expenses for 
barracks, encampments, etc. 
extraordinaryt (eks-trdr'- or eks-tra-6r'di-na- 
ri), adv. [< extraordinary, a.] Remarkably; 
exceptionally; extraordinarily. 
The Achinese seem not to be extraordinary good at Ac- 
counts, as the Banians or Guzurats are. 
Dampier, Voyages, II. 1. 137. 
The wine that grows on the sides of their mountain is 
extraordinary good, and I think much better than any I 
met with on the cold side of the Apennines. 
Addison, Remarks on Italy (ed. Bohn), I. 403. 
extraparochial (eks''tra-pa-rd'ki-al), a. Not 
within or reckoned within the limits of a par- 
ish, or of any parish: as, extraparochial land; 
extraparochial charities. 
The demesne of Clitheroe Castle being an independent 
jurisdiction, neither "geldable nor shareable," is, strictly 
speaking, extra-parochial; and it is in virtue of this al- 
most obsolete privilege that several places in "Blackburn- 
shire," within the "Castle parish, were, so late as the 
commencement of the present century, returned to parlia- 
ment extra-parochial. Baines, Hist. Lancashire, II. 18. 
extraparochially (eks"tra-pa-r6'ki-al-i), adv. 
In an extraparochial manner or relation. 
But it is farther enacted, "that the registers of all such 
marriages ... be removed to the parish church, ... or, 
in case of a chapel extraparochially situate, then to the 
parish church next adjoining." Itorsley, Charges, p. 207. 
extr aperitoneal ( eks * tra - per - i - to - ne ' al), a. 
Situated outside of the peritoneal cavity" 
extraphysical (eks-tra-fiz'i-kal), a. Not sub- 
ject to physical laws or methods. 
extraplantar (eks-tra-plan'tar), a. [< L. extra, 
outside, + planta, the sole of the foot (> plan- 
taris, adj.): see plantigrade.] Situated on the 
outer side of the sole of the foot : opposed to in- 
traplantar: as, the extraplantar nerve. Coues. 
extrapolation (eks'tra-po-la'shon), n. [< F.] 
The approximate calculation, from known 
values of a function for given values of the 
variable, of another value of the function for a 
value of the variable smaller than the smallest 
or larger than the largest of those upon which 
the calculation is based. Thus, the calculation of the 
population of the United States in 1900, from the popula- 
tion in 187ft 1880, and 1890, would be an extrapolation. 
extraprofessional (eks'tra-pro-fesh'on-al), a. 
Not included within the ordinary limits of pro- 
fessional interest or duty. 
Molina was an ecclesiastic, and these studies were ex- 
traprofessional. Med. Repos. 
extraprovincial (eks"tra-pro-vin'shal), a. Not 
pertaining to or situated in the (specified) prov- 
ince or jurisdiction. 
An extra-provincial citation is not valid . . . above two 
days' journey. Aylife, Parergon. 
extrarectns (eks-tra-rek'tus), . ; pi. extrarec- 
ti (-ti). [NLi., < L. extra, outside, + rectus, 
straight: see rectus.] 1. The outer straight 
or abducent muscle of the eyeball ; the rectus 
extemus, which rolls the eye outward. See 
cut under eyeball. 2. The small or external 
extra-uterine 
straight muscle of the abdomen, commonly 
called [lyramidalis abdominis. Coues. 
extraregarding (eks 'tra-re-gar'ding), a. Look- 
ing outward; considering what is outside or 
without. [Rare.] 
Still it would seem that the normal bent and attitude 
of our minds, in the exercises and pursuits from which 
the happiness ol most of us is derived, is objective, extra- 
regarding, rather than introspective. 
//. Sulywick, Methods of Ethics, p. 133. 
extraregular (eks-tra-reg'u-liir), a. Not com- 
prehended within a rule or rules ; unrestricted. 
His [God's) providence is extraregular, and produces 
strange things beyond common rules. 
Jer. Taylor, Holy Living, iv. 2. 
extraregularly (eks-tra-reg'u-lar-li), adv. Ex- 
ceptionally ; in a manner not according to rule. 
Extraregularly, and upon extraordinary reasons and 
permissions, we find that holy peratnis have miscarried 
in battle. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), I. 258. 
extrasensible (eks-tra-sen'si-bl), a. and n. I. a. 
Inaccessible to the senses. 
II. n. That which is inaccessible to the senses. 
The distinction between the Atomic Theory and the 
Hypothesis of Atomism points to the distinction ... be- 
tween the conception of atoms as extraseuftibles and the 
conception of them as convenient fictions. 
G. H. Lewes, Probs. of Life and Mind, II. iv. 85. 
extrasolar (eks-tra-so'lar), a. In astron., situ- 
ated outside of or beyond the solar system. 
extraspection (eks-tra-spek'shon), n. [< L. 
extra, beyond, outside, + speetio(n-), observa- 
tion, < specere, see, observe.] Outward obser- 
vation ; observation of external things. 
The idea of God is held to include all that can be known 
concerning the external universe and our inner conscious- 
ness, and this knowledge is obtained through science by 
extra-speclion and by religion through intro-spection. 
Westminster Ren., CXXVIII. 629. 
extrastomachal (eks-tra-stum'ak-al), a. Situ- 
ated or taking place outside of the stomach. 
Fresh leaves . . . are similarly treated [moistened and 
softened by secretion poured out of the mouth of an earth- 
worm]. The result is that they are partially digested be- 
fore they are taken into the alimentary canal. I am not 
aware of any other case of extra-stomachal digestion hav- 
ing been recorded. Darunn, Vegetable Mould, p. 43. 
extratarsal (eks-tra-tar'sar), . Situated upon 
the outer side of tti'e tarsus. Coues. 
extraterrestrial (eks'trii-te-res'tri-al), a. Oc- 
curring outside of the earth ; extramundane. 
Few people understand that the atmosphere bears also 
a large proportion of mineral substances, some of which 
must, almost to a certainty, have an extra-terrestrial ori- 
gin. Winchell, World-Life, I. i. 6. 
extraterritorial (ekg"tra-ter-i-t6'ri-al), a. [< 
L. extra, outside, + territorium, territory: see 
territory, territorial.] Same as exterritorial. 
extraterritoriality (eks'tra-ter-i-to-ri-al 'i-ti), 
n. [< extraterritorial + -ity.] Same as exter- 
ritoriality. 
The treaties must in these two points, extra -territorial- 
ity and concessions of land for mercantile settlements at 
open ports, remain unchanged. 
Contemporary Reo., LII. 151. 
extraterritorially(eks"tra-ter-i-t6'ri-al-i),arf. 
Same as exterritoriaHy. 
extrathecal (eks-tra-the'kal), a. [< L. extra, 
outside, + NL. theca, q. v., -H -al.] In zool. and 
6ot., situated outside the theca: as, "the extra- 
thecal part of the polyp," G. H. Fowler, Micros. 
Sci., XXVin. 7. 
From the disappearance of the thecal walls prior to the 
maturity of the spores they sometimes appear naked, or 
extrathecal. Lindsay, British Lichens, p. 70. 
extrathoracic (eks"tra-tho-ras'ik), a. [< L. ex- 
tra, outside, + thorax, q. v., + -ic.] Situated 
outside the thorax. Huxley. 
extratriceps (eks-tra-tri'seps), n. ; pi. extratri- 
cipites (-tri-sip'i-tez]j. [< L. extra, outside, + 
triceps, q. v.] The outer head or division of the 
triceps muscle of the arm. 
extratropical (eks-tra-trop'i-kal), a. Situated 
beyond or outside of the tropics, north or south. 
In polar and extra-tropical regions . . . precipitation 
[of vapor] is in excess of evaporation. 
J. Croll, Climate and Time, p. 106. 
extraughtt (eks-traf), a. [A var. of extract, a., 
a,s distraught of distract.] 1. Extracted. Hall. 
Sham'st thou not, knowing whence thou art extraught, 
To let thy tongue detect thy base-born heart? 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 2. 
2. Distraught; distracted. 
There was a woman accustomed to haunt the court, 
whiche being extraught of her mind, and seemyng by some 
inspiration to showe thinges to come, mette Alexander, 
and would in noe wise suffer him to passe. 
Brende, tr. of Qiiintus Curt ins. fol. 227. 
extra-uterine (eks-tra-u'te-rin), a. Being be- 
yond or outside of the uterus : applied to those 
