Found 4 items, similar to Intrinsic.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: intrinsic hakiki
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: intrinsic hakiki
English → English (WordNet) Definition: intrinsic 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: intrinsical] [ant: extrinsic] 2: situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts; “intrinsic muscles”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Intrinsic 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] Intrinsic \In*trin"sic\, n. A genuine quality. [Obs.] --Warburton. [1913 Webster]