Extern meaning

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A person associated with but not officially residing in an institution, especially a nonresident physician on a hospital staff.
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A person connected with, but not living in, an institution, as a nonresident doctor in a hospital.
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A person associated with but not officially residing in an institution, especially a nonresident physician on a hospital staff.
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A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate.
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Outward form or part; exterior.
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(obsolete, rare) External; outward; not inherent.

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Origin of extern

  • Latin externus external external
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From French externe, from Latin externus.
    From Wiktionary

Extern Sentence Examples

  • His first distinctions are said to have been gained in theological controversy, but at an early age he became mathematical teacher in the military school of Beaumont, the classes of which he had attended as an extern.

  • extern int errno; " An implementation specification.

  • extern declarations as needed.

  • You can explicitly state that an identifier has external linkage by defining it with the extern keyword.

  • extern variables are assigned values in the master file when configuring drivers or modules.

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