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Internal   /ɪntˈərnəl/   Listen
adjective
Internal  adj.  
1.
Inward; interior; being within any limit or surface; inclosed; opposed to external; as, the internal parts of a body, or of the earth.
2.
Derived from, or dependent on, the thing itself; inherent; as, the internal evidence of the divine origin of the Scriptures.
3.
Pertaining to its own affairs or interests; especially, (said of a country) domestic, as opposed to foreign; as, internal trade; internal troubles or war.
4.
Pertaining to the inner being or the heart; spiritual. "With our Savior, internal purity is everything."
5.
Intrinsic; inherent; real. (R.) "The internal rectitude of our actions in the sight of God."
6.
(Anat.) Lying toward the mesial plane; mesial.
Internal angle (Geom.), an interior angle. See under Interior.
Internal gear (Mach.), a gear in which the teeth project inward from the rim instead of outward.
Synonyms: Inner; interior; inward; inland; inside.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Internal" Quotes from Famous Books



... and listening for the siren's dizzy song. Had Joseph lived in Texas he could never have persuaded Judge Lynch that the lady and not he should be hanged. The youngster dreamed himself into slavery, and I opine that he dreamed himself into jail. With the internal evidence of the story for guide, I herewith present, on behalf of Mrs. Potiphar, a revised and reasonable version ...
— Volume 1 of Brann The Iconoclast • William Cowper Brann
... in dreams glimmered on me, or unconsciously their forms drifted past, and now and then a face looked sternly upon me with a questioning glance. I was not to remain long in this misty region, again I felt the internal impulse and internally I was translated into a sphere of more pervading beauty and light; and here with more majesty and clearness than I had observed before was the ...
— AE in the Irish Theosophist • George William Russell
... you can still joke, Mr. Macdonald, after such a terrible experience. All I can say is that I hope Wally isn't permanently injured. He hasn't your fine constitution, and one never can tell about internal injuries." Mrs. Selfridge sighed and ...
— The Yukon Trail - A Tale of the North • William MacLeod Raine
... is generally meant a jet of fluid directed with a certain amount of force upon a limited external or internal surface, for cleansing, stimulating purposes and to relieve inflammation. Three common douches are the ear (aural), ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter
... the beginning of the second year, and teething is not finished until after its end. Until teething has begun the child ought to live exclusively on the food which nature provides; for until that time the internal organs have not become fitted to digest other sustenance, and the infant deprived of this too often languishes and dies. To get from other food the necessary amount of nourishment, that food has to be taken in larger quantities, ...
— The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases • Charles West, M.D.


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