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Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter.

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  1. a. Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter.
  2. adj. not pertinent to the matter under consideration
  3. adj. not essential
  4. adj. not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
  5. adj. coming from the outside
  6. Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate gold from extraneous matter. Nothing is admitted extraneous from the indictment. Landor. -- Ex*tra"ne*ous*ly, adv.
  7. Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyonda thing; not essential or intrinsic; foreign; as, to separate goldfrom extraneous matter.Nothing is admitted extraneous from the indictment. Landor.-- Ex*tra"ne*ous*ly, adv.
  8. j:100 s. not pertinent to the matter under consideration s. not essential s. not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source