intrinsic
English
Alternative forms
- intrinsick (obsolete)
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French intrinsèque, from Latin intrīnsecus (“on the inside, inwardly”), from *intrim, an assumed adverbial form of inter (“within”) + secus (“by, on the side”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
intrinsic (comparative more intrinsic, superlative most intrinsic)
- Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.
- Synonyms: essential, inherent, innate, proper to
- Antonym: extrinsic
- the intrinsic value of gold or silver
- the intrinsic merit of an action
- (Can we find and add a quotation of I. Taylor to this entry?)
- He was better qualified than they to estimate justly the intrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and refinement.
- (anatomy, of a body part) Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.
Synonyms
- (innate): See also Thesaurus:intrinsic or Thesaurus:innate
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Translations
inherent
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situated or produced inside an organ
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Noun
intrinsic (plural intrinsics)
- (computing, programming) A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.
- (video games) An ability possessed by a character and not requiring any external equipment.
- You can acquire the fire-resistance intrinsic by eating dragon meat.
Further reading
- “intrinsic”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “intrinsic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Intrinsic and extrinsic properties on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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