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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

in·ter·nal

[in-tur-nl] Pronunciation Key

–adjective

1.	situated or existing in the interior of something; interior.

2.	of, pertaining to, or noting the inside or inner part.

3.	Pharmacology. oral (def. 4).

4.	existing, occurring, or found within the limits or scope of something; intrinsic: a theory having internal logic.

5.	of or pertaining to the domestic affairs of a country: the internal politics of a nation.

6.	existing solely within the individual mind: internal malaise.

7.	coming from, produced, or motivated by the psyche or inner recesses of the mind; subjective: an internal response.

8.	Anatomy, Zoology. inner; not superficial; away from the surface or next to the axis of the body or of a part: the internal carotid artery.

9.	present or occurring within an organism or one of its parts: an internal organ.

–noun

10.	Usually, internals. entrails; innards.

11.	an inner or intrinsic attribute.

[Origin: 1500–10; < ML internālis, equiv. to L intern(us) intern³ + ālis -al¹

]

—Related forms

in·ter·nal·i·ty, in·ter·nal·ness, noun

in·ter·nal·ly, adverb

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in·ter·nal (ĭn-tûr'nəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Of, relating to, or located within the limits or surface; inner.
Residing in or dependent on essential nature; intrinsic: the internal contradictions of the theory.
Located, acting, or effective within the body.
Of or relating to mental or spiritual nature: "An internal sense of righteousness dwindles into an external concern for reputation" (A.R. Gurney, Jr.)
Of or relating to the domestic affairs of a nation, group, or business.

[Middle English internall, from Old French internel, from Medieval Latin internālis, from Latin internus, from inter, within; see en in Indo-European roots.]

in'ter·nal'i·ty (-nāl'ĭ-tē) n., in·ter'nal·ly adv.

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internal

1590, from M.L. internalis, from L. internus "within," from inter "between" (see inter-). Meaning "of or pertaining to the domestic affairs of a country (e.g. internal revenue) is from 1795. Internal combustion first recorded 1884. Internalize in the mental sense is from 1884.

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internal
adjective
1.	happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface; "internal organs"; "internal mechanism of a toy"; "internal party maneuvering" [ant: external]
2.	occurring within an institution or community; "intragroup squabbling within the corporation"
3.	inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader responsibilities than the United States Department of the Interior"; "the nation's internal politics" [syn: home]
4.	located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr. [syn: inner]
5.	innermost or essential; "the inner logic of Cubism"; "the internal contradictions of the theory"; "the intimate structure of matter" [syn: inner]

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internal in·ter·nal (ĭn-tûr'nəl)
adj.

Located, acting, or effective within the body.
Of, relating to, or located within the limits or surface; inner.

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Internal

In*tern"al\, a. [L. internus; akin to interior. See Interior.]

1. Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; -- opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth.

2. Derived from, or dependent on, the thing itself; inherent; as, the internal evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures.

3. Pertaining to its own affairs or interests; especially, (said of a country) domestic, as opposed to foreign; as, internal trade; internal troubles or war.

4. Pertaining to the inner being or the heart; spiritual.

With our Savior, internal purity is everything. --Paley.

5. Intrinsic; inherent; real. [R.]

The internal rectitude of our actions in the sight of God. --Rogers.

6. (Anat.) Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial.

Internal angle (Geom.), an interior angle. See under Interior.

Internal gear (Mach.), a gear in which the teeth project inward from the rim instead of outward.

Syn: Inner; interior; inward; inland; inside.

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