Thesaurus: intrinsic

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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. a. Included wholly within an organ or limb, as certain groups of muscles; -- opposed to extrinsic.
3. n. A genuine quality.
4. adj. belonging to a thing by its very nature
5. adj. situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts
6. 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. He was better qualified than they to estimate justly the intrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and refinement. I. Taylor. 2. (Anat.) Included wholly within an organ or limb, as certain groups of muscles; -- opposed to extrinsic. 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. A genuine quality. [Obs.] Warburton.
7. Included wholly within an organ or limb, as certain groups ofmuscles; -- opposed to extrinsic. 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 whichexpresses the relation which the length of a curve, measured from agiven point of it, to a movable point, has to the angle which thetangent to the curve at the movable point makes with a fixed line.-- Intrinsic value. See the Note under Value, n.
8. j:100 a. belonging to a thing by its very nature s. situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts