[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

intrinsic \intrin"sic\ i^ntri^n"si^k, a. l.
   intrinsecus inward, on the inside; intra within + secus
   otherwise, beside; akin to e. second: cf. f. intrins`eque.
   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
see also:
inter- second extrinsic extrinsic intrinsic energy of a body intrinsic equation of a curve 
intrinsic value value 

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