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Extramural

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Taking place outside the walls of an institution, especially a school or university or prison. not-comparable

    "[...] 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."

  2. 2
    Describing teaching of students who are not resident at such an institution. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    carried on outside the bounds of an institution or community wordnet

Etymology

From Latin extramuralis, from extra (“outside”) + muralis (“of a wall”).

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