Externality \Ex`ter*nal"i*ty\, n. State of being external; exteriority; (Metaph.) separation from the perceiving mind. Pressure or resistance necessarily supposes externality in the thing which presses or resists. --A. Smith.
externality n : the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior; "the outwardness of the world" [syn: {outwardness}] [ant: {inwardness}]