Internal
[ɪn'tɜːn(ə)l] or [ɪn'tɝnl]
Definition
(adj.) happening or arising or located within some limits or especially surface; 'internal organs'; 'internal mechanism of a toy'; 'internal party maneuvering' .
(adj.) occurring within an institution or community; 'intragroup squabbling within the corporation' .
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Definition
(a.) Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; -- opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth.
(a.) Derived from, or dependent on, the thing itself; inherent; as, the internal evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures.
(a.) Pertaining to its own affairs or interests; especially, (said of a country) domestic, as opposed to foreign; as, internal trade; internal troubles or war.
(a.) Pertaining to the inner being or the heart; spiritual.
(a.) Intrinsic; inherent; real.
(a.) Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial.
Typist: Wolfgang
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Interior, inner, inward, not outward, not external.[2]. Spiritual, not literal.[3]. Intrinsic, real, genuine, true.[4]. Domestic, not foreign.
Checked by Hayes
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Inner, interior, Inside
ANT:Outer, exterior, outside
Edited by Bryan
Definition
adj. being in the interior: domestic as opposed to foreign: intrinsic: pertaining to the heart:—opp. to External.—n. Internal′ity.—adv. Inter′nally.—Internal evidence evidence with regard to a thing subject book &c. afforded by its intrinsic qualities.
Edited by Barbie
Examples
- They are worse than a goring, for the injury is internal and it does not heal. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- She fell asleep, hoping for some brightness, either internal or external. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- In such cases their internal freedom was maintained by a royal or imperial charter. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The walls are 15 feet thick at the base, and 18 inches at the top, and its summit is reached by an internal winding staircase and a central elevator. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I felt no burthen, except the internal one of contrary and contending emotions. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- After a long survey, he said, with the further setting off of his internal smile: 'You are a bold woman! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- An explosion of a smouldering volcano long suppressed, was the result of an internal contest more easily conceived than described. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The internal construction of the Parsons turbine is seen in Fig. 86 and is covered by British patent No. 10,940, of 1891, and United States patent No. 553,658, January 28th, 1896. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Light falling in a slanting direction is partly reflected and partly enters the stone; that part which enters is refracted or bent and causes the internal brilliancy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The unequalized internal pressure forces the blood to the surface of the body and causes rupture of blood vessels and other physical difficulties. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Not in a land of war and blood, surrounded by hostile neighbours, and distracted by internal factions, can Israel hope to rest during her wanderings. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- All her efforts were now directed to the dissembling her internal conflict. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It must, therefore, be derived from some internal impression, or impression of reflection. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I don't object, Lammle,' returned Fledgeby, with an internal chuckle, 'to being understood, though I object to being questioned. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The compromise of Camillus (367 B.C.) had put an end to internal dissensions, and left her energies free for expansion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Winthrop