intrinsic

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The connection between them is not external and superficial, but profound, intrinsic, and causal.

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  1. adjective Of or relating to the essential nature of a thing; inherent.
  2. adjective Anatomy Situated within or belonging solely to the organ or body part on which it acts. Used of certain nerves and muscles.

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  • Words like "poison" and "hospitable" really describe particular kinds of relationships , not intrinsic, absolute properties of objects or places. —  AnalogSFF,April2006
  • That's because good companies are on sale across the board for reasons that have nothing to do with their long-term intrinsic value. —  Fool.com: The Motley Fool
  • If human rights are intrinsic, are inalienable, then they attach to human existence. —  Latest Articles
  • If red-shift is intrinsic, then everything based on it is false. —  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
  • The question of whether this behavioral variability merely reflects residual deviations due to extrinsic random noise in such otherwise deterministic systems or an intrinsic, adaptive indeterminacy trait is central for the basic understanding of brain function. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
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  1. Middle English intrinsique, inner, from Old French intrinseque, from Late Latin intrīnsecus, inward, from Latin, inwardly; see en in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Prop. *intrinsec (the termination being conformed to -ic) = French intrinsèque = Provencal intrinsec = Spanish intrínseco = Portuguese intrinseco = Italian intrinseco, intrinsico, from Latin intrinsecus, on the inside, inwardly, from inter (*intrim), within, + secus, by, on the side. Cf. extrinsic.
 

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