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Intrinsic
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What's The Definition Of Intrinsic?
[adj] (anatomy) situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts; "intrinsic muscles"
[adj] belonging to a thing by its very nature; "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey Synonyms | Synonyms for Intrinsic: built-in | constitutional | inbuilt | inherent | inner | integral | internal | intimate | intrinsical Related Terms | Find terms related to Intrinsic: actual | appropriate | basic | central | characteristic | congenital | connate | constitutional | deep | deep-seated | distinctive | distinguished | elemental | esoteric | essential | fundamental | genuine | hereditary | idiocratic | idiosyncratic | immanent | implanted | implicit | in character | inalienable | inborn | inbred | indoor | indwelling | infixed | ingrained | inherent | inherited | inmost | innate | inner | innermost | inside | interior | internal | intestine | intimate | inward | inwrought | irreducible | marked | native | natural | organic | peculiar | private | proper | quintessential | real | resident | secret | single | singular | subjective | true | true to form | unalienable | unchallengeable | underlying | unique | unquestionable See Also | essential | inalienable | unalienable Intrinsic In Webster's Dictionary \In*trin"sic\ ([i^]n*tr[i^]n"s[i^]k), a. [L.
intrinsecus inward, on the inside; intra within + secus
otherwise, beside; akin to E. second: cf. F. intrins[`e]que.
See {Inter-}, {Second}, and cf. {Extrinsic}.]
1. Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential;
inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; -- opposed to
{extrinsic}; as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver;
the intrinsic merit of an action; the intrinsic worth or
goodness of a person.
He was better qualified than they to estimate justly
the intrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and
refinement. --I. Taylor.
2. (Anat.) Included wholly within an organ or limb, as
certain groups of muscles; -- opposed to {extrinsic}.
{Intrinsic energy of a body} (Physics), the work it can do in
virtue of its actual condition, without any supply of
energy from without.
{Intrinsic equation of a curve} (Geom.), the equation which
expresses the relation which the length of a curve,
measured from a given point of it, to a movable point, has
to the angle which the tangent to the curve at the movable
point makes with a fixed line.
{Intrinsic value}. See the Note under {Value}, n.
Syn: Inherent; innate; natural; real; genuine.
\In*trin"sic\, n. A genuine quality. [Obs.] --Warburton. |
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