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intrinsic

/ˌɪnˈtɹɪnsɪk/

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What does intrinsic mean?

adjective

  1. Innate, inherent, inseparable from the thing itself, essential.
  2. Situated, produced, secreted in, or coming from inside an organ, tissue, muscle or member.
  3. Built-in.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. A built-in function that is implemented directly by the compiler, without any intermediate call to a library.
  2. An ability possessed by a character and not requiring any external equipment.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌɪnˈtɹɪnsɪk/

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Yet the intrinsic quality of the event moved his touchy sensitiveness less than its conjectured effect upon the minds of others.
Thomas HardyTess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure WomanProject Gutenberg ebook #110
It may therefore at first sight appear of small intrinsic value, and scarcely worthy of a place in the present series.
William GodwinThoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the AuthorProject Gutenberg ebook #743
More book examples (3)
That is what it is, thought Rowland, to be “gifted,” to escape not only the superficial, but the intrinsic penalties of misconduct.
Henry JamesRoderick HudsonProject Gutenberg ebook #176
Indeed, it was through the intrinsic merits of his improvements in stock tickers that he made his real entree into commercial life.
Frank Lewis Dyer; Thomas Commerford MartinEdison: His Life and InventionsProject Gutenberg ebook #820
Sealed up in the newborn babe are the intrinsic secrets of how to eat asparagus and what was the date of Bannockburn.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonWhat's Wrong with the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #1717