 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
intrinsic
adjective
1: belonging to a thing by its very nature; "form was treated
as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the
thing"- John Dewey [syn: {intrinsical}] [ant: {extrinsic}]
2: situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body
part on which it acts; "intrinsic muscles"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Intrinsic \In*trin"sic\ ([i^]n*tr[i^]n"s[i^]k), adjective [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}, noun
Syn: Inherent; innate; natural; real; genuine.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Intrinsic \In*trin"sic\, noun
A genuine quality. [Obs.] --Warburton.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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