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external relation

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noun

Philosophy.
  1. a relation between any two entities such that if they had not been in this relation to each other, the nature of each would not necessarily have been different.


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U.S.-based Tesla, which is making electric Model 3 sedans and Model Y sport-utility vehicles in Shanghai, is hiring external relation managers in several Chinese cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.

From Reuters Aug. 17, 2021

The job advertisement did go into details of external relation positions, but separate posts showed the managers will handle government relations as well.

From Reuters Aug. 17, 2021

In a Jan. 3 statement, Linda Argo, American University’s assistant vice president for external relation, said the school is sorry to lose the shop but the District’s “changing demographics and purchasing habits” made Johnson’s unprofitable.

From Washington Times Jan. 18, 2018

He seeks to be made divine, not to gain an external relation to the Godhead.

From Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity by Collison, Harry

In recent logical discussion this techniqueless act of knowing has been properly enough transformed into an indefinable "external relation" in which an entity called a knower stands to another entity called the known.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.

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