externality

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

externality
    n 1: the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or
         relating to the outside or exterior; "the outwardness of
         the world" [syn: {outwardness}, {externality}] [ant:
         {inwardness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Externality \Ex`ter*nal"i*ty\, n.
   State of being external; exteriority; (Metaph.) separation
   from the perceiving mind.
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         Pressure or resistance necessarily supposes externality
         in the thing which presses or resists.   --A. Smith.
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