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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. belonging to a thing by its very nature;
- Example: "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey
[syn: intrinsic, intrinsical]

2. situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts;
- Example: "intrinsic muscles"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Intrinsic \In*trin"sic\, n. A genuine quality. [Obs.] --Warburton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

intrinsic adj 1: 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] 2: situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts; "intrinsic muscles"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

66 Moby Thesaurus words for "intrinsic": 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