Extramural
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Extramural is an adjective meaning Taking place outside the walls of an institution, especially a school or university or prison.
Meaning
Taking place outside the walls of an institution, especially a school or university or prison.
More Meanings
- Describing teaching of students who are not resident at such an institution.
Example Sentences
[...] 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.
Word Forms
- extra-mural
Synonyms for extramural
Depending on context, synonyms include outside, intercollegiate, intermural, interscholastic, interschool.
Antonyms for extramural
Common opposites include intramural.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include interscholastic, interschool, intermural, intercollegiate, outside, extracurricular.
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