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1: existing on or coming from the outside <extraneous light>2 a: not forming an essential or vital part <extraneous ornamentation> b: having no relevance <an extraneous digression>3: being a number obtained in solving an equation that is not a solution of the equation <extraneous roots>
synonyms see extrinsic
— ex·tra·ne·ous·ly adverb
— ex·tra·ne·ous·ness noun
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