'Intrinsic' definitions:
Definition of 'intrinsic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Belonging to a thing by its very nature; "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey [syn: intrinsic, intrinsical] [ant: extrinsic]
adjective
Situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts; "intrinsic muscles"
Definition of 'Intrinsic'
From: GCIDE
- Intrinsic \In*trin"sic\, n. A genuine quality. [Obs.] --Warburton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Intrinsic'
From: GCIDE
- Intrinsic \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.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- He was better qualified than they to estimate justly the intrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and refinement. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Anat.) Included wholly within an organ or limb, as certain groups of muscles; -- opposed to extrinsic. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'intrinsic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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