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
Michael Lauer, head of NIH’s extramural research, says that secrecy is necessary to protect the privacy of individual scientists, who are not government employees.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 22, 2023
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
Like a number of other company directors who were starting to use extramural talent, he said he wanted to honor the old and encourage the young.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 24, 2019
The features of every day were things per se, not capable of comparison with casual extramural samples.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
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