extramural
extramural adjective: taking place outside the walls of an institution, especially a school or university or prison.
Adjective
extramural (not comparable)
- Taking place outside the walls of an institution, especially a school or university or prison.
- [...] a notable acquisition at Chiswick is a machine, believed to be unique of its type, which has been designed and constructed under an extramural research contract at the University of Nottingham for studying fatigue in railway axles.1961 February, “Talking of Trains: New L.T. research laboratory”, in Trains Illustrated, page 76
- Describing teaching of students who are not resident at such an institution.
extramural meaning in Tamil
extramural in Tamil
- சுவர்ப்புறம்பு
Antonyms of extramural
Forms of extramural
| alternative form | extra-mural |
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Origin of extramural
From Latin extramuralis, from extra (“outside”) + muralis (“of a wall”).
Words formed from extramural
Words that rhyme with extramural
- plural
- anural
- crural
- epidural
- epipleural
- intramural
- jural
- mural
- neural
- pleural
- bronchopleural
- caesural
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- caricatural
- cesural
- commissural
- cynosural
- duoplural
- dural
- extradural
- extrapleural
- interpleural
- intradural
- intrapleural
- juxtapleural
- macrural
- myodural
- myoneural
- nomenclatural
- nonepidural
- nonneural
- nonrural
- peridural
- photomural
- postdural
- procural
- rural
- semirural
- sensorineural
- splanchnopleural
- sternopleural
- subdural
- subpleural
- superplural
- sural
- transdural
- transpleural
- Ural
- zygopleural
Questions about extramural
- What does extramural mean?
- Extramural means taking place outside the walls of an institution, especially a school or university or prison.
- What is extramural in Tamil?
- Extramural in Tamil is சுவர்ப்புறம்பு. See Extramural meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is extramural?
- Extramural is an adjective.
Words near extramural in the dictionary
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