Intrinsic word meaning and definition

[adjective] (anatomy) situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts; "intrinsic muscles"
[adjective] belonging to a thing by its very nature; "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey

\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}.] 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.
\In*trin"sic\, n. A genuine quality. [Obs.] --Warburton.

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