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Definition of Intrinsic

1. Adjective. Belonging to a thing by its very nature. "Form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"

2. Adjective. Situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts. "Intrinsic muscles"

Definition of Intrinsic

1. a. 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.

2. n. A genuine quality.

Definition of Intrinsic

1. Adjective. Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of a body part, relating to anatomy) Comprising, being part of a whole. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intrinsic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Intrinsic

1. Situated entirely within or pertaining exclusively to a part. Origin: L. Intrinsecus = situated on the inside This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intrinsic

intrigante intrigants intrigoes intriguant intriguants intrigued intriguer intriguers intriguery intrigues

intriguing intriguingly intrince intrinse intrinsic (current term) intrinsic asthma intrinsic brightness intrinsic brightnesses intrinsic colour intrinsic deflection

intrinsic dysmenorrhoea intrinsic factor intrinsic fibres intrinsic fraud intrinsic motivation intrinsic motivations intrinsic muscles intrinsic muscles of foot intrinsic pathway

Literary usage of Intrinsic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Philosophical Studies by George Edward Moore (1922)
"Or they may be used in a sense in which two things can be said to be intrinsically different, and to have different intrinsic properties only when they are ..."

2. Hermann Von Helmholtz by Leo Koenigsberger (1906)
"On November 2, 1888, he made a brief communication to the Physical Society ' On the intrinsic Light of the Retina ', published in an expanded form in 1890 ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... is limited to its signi- cation of the intrinsic principle of existence in any determinate essence. This covers form, whether accidental or substantial. ..."

4. A Treatise on Differential Equations by George Boole (1865)
"intrinsic Equation of a Curve. 11. There are certain problems, ... These elements are called intrinsic because they are independent of any external lines of ..."

5. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Gustav Mann, Walther Löb, Henry William Frederic Lorenz, Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker, Thomas Jeffery Parker, Harry Clary Jones, Sunao Tawara, Leverett White Brownell, Max Julius Louis Le Blanc, Willis Rodney Whitney, John Wesley Brown, Wi (1907)
"products formed may be different, and, consequently, a different amount of intrinsic energy may be converted into heat. Again, we may have what is ..."

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