extramural
Americanadjective
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involving representatives of more than one school.
extramural athletics.
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outside the walls or boundaries, as of a city or town or a university.
extramural teaching; an extramural church.
adjective
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connected with but outside the normal courses or programme of a university, college, etc
extramural studies
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located beyond the boundaries or walls of a city, castle, etc
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of extramural
1850–55; extra- + mural. Compare Late Latin extramūrānus, in same sense
Example Sentences
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Mead also brought along a powerful funder, John Eberhardt, the director of NIMH’s extramural research, who hovered in the background as an “interested observer.”
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2024
“We are encouraged,” says Marie Bernard, NIH chief officer for scientific workforce diversity, who co-authored a 14 June blog post on the new data with NIH extramural chief Michael Lauer.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 17, 2022
Michael Lauer, deputy director of extramural research at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, doesn’t think the NIH’s activity is affecting partnerships between US researchers and those in China.
From Nature ● Jul. 7, 2020
“General fears of the effect of that extramural speech don’t substitute for evidence,” she said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2019
It was first used as an extramural cemetery at the time of the first French occupation, but has been very greatly extended since that time.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 by Various
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