different between externality vs exogenous

English

Etymology

external +? -ity

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kst??næl?ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kst??næl?ti/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ekst??næl?ti/
• Rhymes: -æl?ti

Noun

externality (countable and uncountable, plural externalities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being external or externalized.
2. (countable) A thing that is external relative to something else.
3. (economics, countable) An impact, positive or negative, on any party not involved in a given economic transaction or act.

Derived terms

• network externality
• nonexternality

Translations

See also

• collateral damage

Further reading

• externality on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

exo- +? -genous

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?k.?s?d??.?.n?s/

Adjective

exogenous (not comparable)

1. Having an external cause.
   1. (biology) Produced or originating outside of an organism.
   2. (biology) Growing as an exogen, by successive additions to the outside.
   3. (medicine, of a disease) Having a cause external to the infected organism.
   4. (economics, of a model) Being or relating to a change that comes from outside the model and is not explained by the model.
   5. (databases, of a key) A key that has no meaning such as an automatically generated ID number, usually accompanied by a name or title which DOES have meaning.

Synonyms

• exogenetic

Antonyms

• endogenous

Related terms

• exogeny
• exogeneity
• exogenousity

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